# veje
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɑːjə], [ˈvɑːɪ]
* Homophone: vaje

### Etymology 1

From Old Danish wæghæ, from Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”). Cognate with English weigh and German wiegen (“to weigh”), German bewegen (“to move”) (whence Danish bevæge). The Germanic verb is related derived from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ- (“to ride, go, transport”), related to Proto-Germanic *wegaz (“way”) and Latin vehō (“to 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.
* (intransitive, with af) to measure something out by weighing it
    Slagteren vejede 500 gram sukker af.
       The butcher weighed out 500 grams of sugar.

##### Derived terms

* vejning (“weighing”)

#### See also

* vægt

#### References

* “veje” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “veje,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse vega (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *wiganą (“to fight”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”), related to Latin vincō (“to win”).

#### Verb

veje (imperative vej, infinitive at veje, present tense vejer, past tense vog, perfect tense har vejet)
* (archaic) slay (kill in battle)

##### References

* “veje,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

veje c
* indefinite plural of vej

## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* vője (preferred in the West and the Southwest of Hungary and in some northeastern parts; the only option when not speaking of a family relationship, e.g. az ország első számú vője (“the No. 1 son‑in‑law of the country”))

### Etymology

From the vej- stem of vő (“son-in-law”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛjɛ]
* Hyphenation: ve‧je

### Noun

veje
* third-person singular single-possession possessive of vő, one’s son-in-law

#### Declension

For the plural form (“someone’s sons-in-law”), see vejei.

### References

* ↑ Nyelvjárásközi egybevető vizsgálat A magyar nyelvjárások atlasza és az Új magyar nyelvjárási atlasz alapján – doctoral dissertation by Edit Iglai, page 261

### Further reading

* veje , redirecting to vő in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

veje
* inflection of veadjit:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular imperative

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

veje (Cyrillic spelling веје)
* third-person singular present of vejati

## Slovene
### Noun

vêje
* inflection of veja:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Spanish
### Verb

veje
* inflection of vejar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative