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 / vaenesse
inessive vaenus vaenudes / vaenes
elative vaenust vaenudest / vaenest
allative vaenule vaenudele / vaenele
adessive vaenul vaenudel / vaenel
ablative vaenult vaenudelt / vaenelt
translative vaenuks vaenudeks / vaeneks
terminative vaenuni vaenudeni
essive vaenuna vaenudena
abessive vaenuta vaenudeta
comitative vaenuga vaenudega

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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