vegen

From Middle Dutch vēgen, from Old Dutch *fegon, from Proto-West Germanic *fegōn. Closely related to modern Dutch vagen, which shows a different ablaut vowel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈveː.ɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ve‧gen
• Rhymes: -eːɣən

vegen

1. to sweep
2. to brush
3. to wipe

• aanvegen
• afvegen
• veger

• Berbice Creole Dutch: fegi
• Jersey Dutch: vêxe
• Negerhollands: feeg, veeg, fig, fik
• Petjo: vegen
• → Aukan: figi
• → West Frisian: fege, feie
• → Sranan Tongo: figi, fegi, figifigi
  • → Saramaccan: féki

• geven

From Old Dutch *fegon, from Proto-Germanic *fegōną, related to *fagjaną (“to please”). See also Icelandic fága (“to clean, polish”).

vēgen

1. to sweep, to clean

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: vegen
  • Afrikaans: vee, veeg
• Limburgish: vaege

• “veghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vegen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

vegen m

1. definite singular of veg

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛːjən/, /ˈʋɛːɡən/, /ʋæɪːən/

vegen m

1. definite singular of veg