vaen

See also: väen and vän

Estonian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic воина (voina, “war”). Compare Russian война (vojna, “war”). Cognate with Finnish vaino. Alternatively of Baltic origin; compare Latvian vaina (“fault, guilt”). The word appears in older literature often with the meaning of "war".

Noun

vaen (genitive vaenu, partitive vaenu)

  1. hostility, enmity

Inflection
Declension of vaen (type riik)
singular plural
nominative vaen vaenud
genitive vaenu vaenude
partitive vaenu vaene / vaenusid
illative vaenu / vaenusse vaenudesse
inessive vaenus vaenudes
elative vaenust vaenudest
allative vaenule vaenudele
adessive vaenul vaenudel
ablative vaenult vaenudelt
translative vaenuks vaenudeks
terminative vaenuni vaenudeni
essive vaenuna vaenudena
abessive vaenuta vaenudeta
comitative vaenuga vaenudega

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fān, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Verb

vâen

  1. to catch, to capture
  2. to seize, to grab
  3. to catch, to intercept (something in the air)
  4. to imprison
  5. to conquer (of a city)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading
  • “vaen, vanghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “vaen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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