veel

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

• EELV, EVEL, elev., elve, vele

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• feul (obsolete)
• veul (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪəl/

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)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veːl/

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• 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

Declension of veel
uninflected	veel
inflected	veel
comparative	meer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		veel	meer	het meest het meeste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	veel	meer	—
	n. sing.	veel	meer	—
	plural	veel	meer	—
definite		vele	—	meeste
partitive		—	—	—

Derived terms

• evenveel
• hoeveel
• veelal
• veelheid
• veelhoek
• veels te
• veelst
• veler
• velerlei
• zoveel

 

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. This distinction may be viewed as old-fashioned or formal.

Derived terms

• veelverdiener
• veelvraat

 

Related 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

• (frequently): vaak

Antonyms

• weinig
• (antonym(s) of “frequency”): zelden

Derived terms

• veelgebruikt

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

Anagrams

• leve, vele

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

• völle

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˑl/

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

• elev

German Low German

Alternative forms

• vȩl
• vẹl
• (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian) vęl, vääl, väl, vel
• (Eastern Westphalian) viel, vill

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

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

Ingrian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• veelä

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːl/, [ˈʋeːlʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːl/, [ˈʋe̝ːl]
• Rhymes: -eːl
• Hyphenation: veel

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

• veel kerran

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋe.el/, [ˈʋe̞.e̞lʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋe.el/, [ˈʋe̞.e̞l]
• Rhymes: -e.el
• Hyphenation: ve‧el

Noun

veel

1. adessive singular of vesi

References

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• veele, vele, veale

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛːl/, /vɛl/

Noun

veel (plural veles)

1. veal (the meat of a calf)
2. A calf (young cow)
   • c. 1450, Mirour Saluacioun:

     The ydolatiers of the golden veel.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: veal
• Scots: veal, veall, vale

References

• “vēl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.

Old French

Alternative forms

• vedel (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vitellus.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /vəˈðɛl/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /vəˈɛl/

Noun

veel oblique singular, m (oblique plural veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative singular veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative plural veel)

1. calf (young cow or bull)

Descendants

• → English: veal
• French: veau
• Walloon: vea

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (veel, supplement)
• veel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veelä.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈveːl/, [ˈveːl]
• Rhymes: -eːl
• Hyphenation: veel

Adverb

veel

1. still, yet

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “veelä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn