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Veel Definition

veel

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

veel (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of veal.
    • c. 1450, Mirour Saluacioun
      The ydolatiers of the golden veel.

Etymology 2

Verb

veel (third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)

  1. (nonstandard, UK) feel
    • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
      To Veel. v. To feel.
      Veel’d. part. Felt.

Etymology 3

Noun

veel (plural veels)

  1. (nonstandard, UK) field
Derived terms
Quotations

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

Pronunciation

Adverb

veel (comparative meer; superlative het meest)

  1. much
  2. often, frequently

Synonyms

Number

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

  1. many, much

Declension

Declension of veel
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial veel meer
neuter singular indefinite veel meer
definite vele meer meeste het meest, het meeste
common singular vele meer meeste de meeste
plural vele meer meeste de meeste
partitive veels meers

Derived terms

Anagrams

Verb

veel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of velen.
  2. imperative of velen.

Estonian

Adverb

veel

  1. yet

Anagrams

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Pronunciation

Adverb

veel

  1. (Low Prussian) much
    (Low Prussian) veel to lat
    much too late
  2. (Low Saxon) Alternative form of vęl.

Adjective

veel

  1. (Low Prussian, Low Saxon) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)
    (Low Prussian) veel Melk
    a lot of milk
  2. (Low Prussian, Low Saxon) many (when used in the plural)
    (Low Prussian) veele Kinga
    many children

 

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