veel

See also: ve'el and veêl

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Obsolete spelling of veal.

Etymology 2

Verb

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

(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)

(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

(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

(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)

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

Pronoun

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

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

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)

much
often, frequently

Synonyms

(frequently): vaak

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

veelgebruikt

Etymology 2

Verb

veel

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)

(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

much

Adjective

veel

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)

yet, still

Etymology 2

Noun

veel

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

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

Adjective

veel

(in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)
veel Melk (Low Prussian)
a lot of milk
(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

still
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
  Osa iƶoroist veel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.
  Some Ingrians even now still call themselves Karelians.
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.
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^[2], 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

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)

veal (the meat of a calf)
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)

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

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