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See also: ve'el and veêl

English

Etymology 1

Noun

veel (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of veal.

Etymology 2

Verb

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

  1. (nonstandard, British) 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, British) field
Quotations
  • 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 the veels?
  • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
    Veel. s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.
Derived terms
  • veelvare

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

Alternative forms

  • feul (obsolete)
  • veul (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

veel

  1. (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, a lot
    Sy weet nie veel nie, maar haar moeder wis baie veel.
    She doesn't know much, but her mother really knew a lot

Synonyms

  • baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)

Determiner

veel

  1. (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, many
    Ons het nie veel perde nie.
    We don't have many horses.

Synonyms

  • baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)
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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: veel
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1

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

Determiner

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

  1. many, much, a lot of
    Antonym: weinig
Usage notes

As a determiner veel 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.
Het vele geweld dreef inwoners weg.
The large amount of violence drove inhabitants away.

In formal style the inflected form vele 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, while veel emphasizes the size of the group.

Declension
More information Declension of, uninflected ...
Derived terms

Pronoun

veel (comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste, personal plural velen)

  1. much, a lot
    Antonym: weinig
    Vanaf hier kan ik veel zien.
    From here I can see a lot.
Usage notes
  • With the word veel, Dutch usually doesn't distinguish between countable and uncountable as English does with much and many. However, speakers may use vele rather than veel to refer to a countable referent (and velen specifically in the case of persons). This distinction may be viewed as somewhat formal.
Derived terms
  • vele (“many”, pronoun)
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: veel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fele
  • Javindo: feel, peel
  • Jersey Dutch: fœl
  • Negerhollands: veel
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fail

Adverb

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

  1. much
  2. often, frequently
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

veel

  1. inflection of velen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Etymology 3

Noun

veel f (plural veels or velen, diminutive veeltje n)

  1. (archaic or poetic) alternative form of vedel

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Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

  • völle

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Pronunciation

Adverb

veel

  1. much

Adjective

veel

  1. much, many

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *veelä, from a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian vėl, Latvian vēl and Finnish vielä.

Adverb

veel (not comparable)

  1. yet, still

Etymology 2

Noun

veel

  1. adessive singular of vesi

Anagrams

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feːl/, /fɛɪ̯ɫ/

Adverb

veel

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much
    veel to lat (Low Prussian)
    much too late

Adjective

veel

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *veelä, borrowed from a Baltic language. Cognates include Finnish vielä and Estonian veel.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

veel

  1. still
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Osa iƶoroist veel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.
      Some Ingrians even now still call themselves Karelians.
  2. nevertheless
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
      Talveel pessii kylmääl veel.
      In the cold winter wash yourself nevertheless.
  3. also, too
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      Sanokaa veel milläin ikkee meeli oravast.
      Also say any kind of thought about a squirrel.
    • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:
      Tämä on Savimäen kylä a sit ono veel Hammalan kylä.
      This is the Savimäki village and then there's also the Hammala village.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

veel

  1. adessive singular of vesi

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 660
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Middle English

Old French

Votic

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