venja

See also: venjà

Catalan

Verb

venja

1. inflection of venjar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• vegna

Etymology

From Latin vīnea. Compare Italian vigna, Portuguese vinha, Spanish viña, French vigne, Romanian vie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβeɲa/

Noun

venja f

1. vineyard

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse venja, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną, whence also English wean.

Verb

venja (third person singular past indicative vandi, third person plural past indicative vant, supine vant)

1. to exercise
2. to train

Conjugation

Conjugation of venja (group v-18)

infinitive	venja
supine	vant
	present	past
first singular	venji	vandi
second singular	venur	vandi
third singular	venur	vandi
plural	venja	vandu
participle (a7)1	venjandi	vandur
	imperative
singular	ven!
plural	venjið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• venjari (coach)
• venjing (training)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnja/
• Rhymes: -ɛnja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse venja, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną, whence also English wean.

Verb

venja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vandi, supine vanið)

1. to accustom, to make accustomed
2. to train

   Synonym: temja

Conjugation

venja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að venja
supine sagnbót		vanið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		venjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	ven	vandi		venji	vendi
	þú	venur	vandir		venjir	vendir
	hann, hún, það	venur	vandi		venji	vendi
plural	við	venjum	vöndum		venjum	vendum
	þið	venjið	vönduð		venjið	venduð
	þeir, þær, þau	venja	vöndu		venji	vendu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	ven (þú), vendu
plural	þið	venjið (þið), venjiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

venjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að venjast
supine sagnbót		vanist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		venjandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	venst	vandist		venjist	vendist
	þú	venst	vandist		venjist	vendist
	hann, hún, það	venst	vandist		venjist	vendist
plural	við	venjumst	vöndumst		venjumst	vendumst
	þið	venjist	vöndust		venjist	vendust
	þeir, þær, þau	venjast	vöndust		venjist	vendust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	venst (þú), venstu
plural	þið	venist (þið), venisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vaninn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vaninn	vanin	vanið	vandir	vandar	vanin
accusative (þolfall)	vaninn	vanda	vanið	vanda	vandar	vanin
dative (þágufall)	vöndum	vaninni	vöndu	vöndum	vöndum	vöndum
genitive (eignarfall)	vanins	vaninnar	vanins	vaninna	vaninna	vaninna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vandi	vanda	vanda	vöndu	vöndu	vöndu
accusative (þolfall)	vanda	vöndu	vanda	vöndu	vöndu	vöndu
dative (þágufall)	vanda	vöndu	vanda	vöndu	vöndu	vöndu
genitive (eignarfall)	vanda	vöndu	vanda	vöndu	vöndu	vöndu

Derived terms

• venja við
• venjast

Etymology 2

From Old Norse venja, from Proto-Germanic *wanjǭ.

Noun

venja f (genitive singular venju, nominative plural venjur)

1. custom, practice

   Synonym: siður

2. habit

   Synonym: vani

Declension

Declension of venja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	venja	venjan	venjur	venjurnar
accusative	venju	venjuna	venjur	venjurnar
dative	venju	venjunni	venjum	venjunum
genitive	venju	venjunnar	venja	venjanna

Derived terms

• að venju
• venju fremur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• venje, venna, venne

Etymology

From Old Norse venja, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną, whence also English wean.

Verb

venja (present tense ven, past tense vande, supine vant, past participle vand, present participle venjande, imperative ven)

1. (transitive) to accustom, to make used to

Derived terms

• venja av

Related terms

• vane m
• ven m, venn m

See also

• venne (Bokmål)

References

• “venja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wanjaną, whence also English wean.

Verb

venja (singular past indicative vandi, plural past indicative vǫndu, past participle vandr or vaninn)

1. (transitive) to accustom, to make used to
2. (transitive) to train (an animal)
3. (reflexive) to get accustomed to, to get used to

Conjugation

Conjugation of venja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	venja
present participle	venjandi
past participle	vandr, vaniðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	ven	vanda		venja	venda
2nd person singular	venr	vandir		venir	vendir
3rd person singular	venr	vandi		veni	vendi
1st person plural	venjum	vǫndum		venim	vendim
2nd person plural	venið	vǫnduð		venið	vendið
3rd person plural	venja	vǫndu		veni	vendi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	ven
1st person plural	venjum
2nd person plural	venið

Conjugation of venja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	venjask
present participle	venjandisk
past participle	venzk, vanizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	venjumk	vǫndumk		venjumk	vendumk
2nd person singular	vensk	vandisk		venisk	vendisk
3rd person singular	vensk	vandisk		venisk	vendisk
1st person plural	venjumsk	vǫndumsk		venimsk	vendimsk
2nd person plural	venizk	vǫnduzk		venizk	vendizk
3rd person plural	venjask	vǫndusk		venisk	vendisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	vensk
1st person plural	venjumsk
2nd person plural	venizk

Related terms

• venja f (“custom, habit”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: venja
• Faroese: venja
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: venne
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: venje, venja
• Elfdalian: wena
• Old Swedish: vænia
  • Swedish: vänja
• Old Danish: wæniæ
  • Scanian: vænna
  • Danish: vænne
• Gutnish: väne

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “venja1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wanjǭ.

Noun

venja f (genitive venju)

1. custom, habit

Declension

Declension of venja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	venja	venjan	venjur	venjurnar
accusative	venju	venjuna	venjur	venjurnar
dative	venju	venjunni	venjum	venjunum
genitive	venju	venjunnar	venja	venjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: venja

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “venja2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive