veje
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vajə/, [ˈvɑjə]
- Homophone: vaje
Etymology 1
From Old Danish wæghæ, from Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ- (“to ride, go, transport”).
Verb
veje (imperative vej, infinitive at veje, present tense vejer, past tense vejede, perfect tense har vejet)
- (transitive) weigh (determine the weight of something)
- (intransitive) to have a certain weight
- (intransitive) to have a certain mass
- Den vejer 35,7 g.
- It masses 35.7 g.
- Den vejer 35,7 g.
- (intransitive, with af) to measure something out by weighing it
- Slagteren vejede 500 gram sukker af.
- The butcher weighed out 500 grams of sugar.
- Slagteren vejede 500 gram sukker af.
Derived terms
- vejning (“weighing”)
See also
Etymology 2
See vej (“way, road”).
Northern Sami
Spanish
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