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


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fān, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han.

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

  • Dutch: vangen
    • Afrikaans: vang
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: fanggi
    • Negerhollands: vang, faṅ
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: fank
    • Aukan: fanga
    • Sranan Tongo: fanga
      • Caribbean Javanese: fangah, mangah
  • Limburgish: vange

Further reading

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