veel (uncountable)
- Obsolete spelling ofveal.
veel (third-person singular simple presentveels,present participleveeling,simple past and past participleveeled)
- (nonstandard, British)feel
- 1869, James Jennings,The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
- ToVeel.v. To feel.
- Veel’d.part. Felt.
veel (pluralveels)
- (nonstandard, British)field
- 1850, James Orchard Halliwell,A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century
- But why do they let ’un stray out of theveels?
- 1869, James Jennings,The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
- Veel.s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.
FromDutchveel, fromMiddle Dutchvele, fromOld Dutchfilo, fromProto-Germanic*felu.
veel
- (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs)much,a lot
Sy weet nieveel nie, maar haar moeder wis baieveel.- She doesn't knowmuch, but her mother really knewa lot
- baie(more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)
veel
- (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs)much,many
Ons het nieveel perde nie.- We don't havemany horses.
- baie(more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)
FromMiddle Dutchvele, fromOld Dutchfilo, fromProto-Germanic*felu.
veel (comparativemeer,superlativemeest)
- many,much,a lot of
- Antonym:weinig
As a determinerveel typically isn't inflected in informal Dutch, except before definite nouns:
Veel omwonenden klagen over de rotzooi in het park.- Many local residents complain about the mess in the park.
Hetvele geweld dreef inwoners weg.- Thelarge amount of violence drove inhabitants away.
In formal style the inflected formvele may also be used for plurals:
Vele rolstoelgebruikers hadden bezwaren tegen de plannen.- Many wheelchair users had objections against the plans.
In this case,vele usually emphasizes the individual persons or things in the group, whileveel emphasizes the size of the group.
veel (comparativemeer,superlativehetmeestorhetmeeste,personal pluralvelen)
- much,a lot
- Antonym:weinig
Vanaf hier kan ikveel zien.- From here I can seea lot.
- With the wordveel, Dutch usually doesn't distinguish betweencountable anduncountable as English does withmuch andmany. However, speakers may usevele rather thanveel to refer to a countable referent (andvelen specifically in the case of persons). This distinction may be viewed as somewhat formal.
veel (comparativemeer,superlativemeest)
- much
- often,frequently
veel
- inflection ofvelen:
- first-personsingularpresentindicative
- (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
- imperative
veel f (pluralveelsorvelen,diminutiveveeltje n)
- (archaic or poetic)alternative form ofvedel
FromProto-Finnic*veelä, from aBaltic language. Cognate toLithuanianvėl,Latvianvēl andFinnishvielä.
veel (not comparable)
- yet,still
veel
- adessivesingular ofvesi
FromProto-Finnic*veelä, borrowed from aBaltic language. Cognates includeFinnishvielä andEstonianveel.
veel
- still
1936, V. I. Junus,Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:Osa iƶoroistveel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.- Some Ingrians even nowstill call themselves Karelians.
- nevertheless
1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus,Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:Talveel pessii kylmäälveel.- In the cold winter wash yourselfnevertheless.
- also,too
1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov,Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:Sanokaaveel milläin ikkee meeli oravast.- Also say any kind of thought about a squirrel.
2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking[our] own way]”, inInkeri[3], volume 4, number69, St. Petersburg, page12:Tämä on Savimäen kylä a sit onoveel Hammalan kylä.- This is the Savimäki village and then there'salso the Hammala village.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
veel
- adessivesingular ofvesi
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971),Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page660
Cognate toGermanviel.
veel
- much
veel
- much (a lot of)(when used in the singular)
- many(when used in the plural)
Borrowed fromAnglo-Normanveel,[1] fromLatinvitellus.
veel (pluralveles)
- veal(the meat of a calf)
- Acalf(young cow)
c.1450,Mirour Saluacioun:
- ^“vēl(e,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.
- ^Wright, Joseph (1892), “Chapter IV. The French Element — The Vowels.”, inA grammar of the dialect of Windhill, in the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Dialect Society Series C;67)[1],London: for theEnglish Dialect Society byKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co.,→OCLC,§ 231,page65.
Inherited fromLatinvitellus.
veeloblique singular, m (oblique pluralveeausorveeaxorveiausorveiaxorveels,nominative singularveeausorveeaxorveiausorveiaxorveels,nominative pluralveel)
- calf(young cow or bull)
FromProto-Finnic*veelä.
veel
- still,yet
- Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “veelä”, inVadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
