vee – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of vee

Noun: vee
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:
uncountable

Sample Sentences

  • Het vee graast in de weide. (The livestock is grazing in the pasture.)
  • De boerderij houdt vee voor zowel melk als vlees. (The farm keeps cattle for both milk and meat.)
  • Ze handelen in vee, voornamelijk schapen en geiten. (They trade in livestock, mainly sheep and goats.)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vêe, from Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”). Cognate with German Vieh, Low German Veeh, English fee. See: German Nouns 'Vieh', English Nouns 'fee'.

Verbs referencing "vee"

English Nouns fee, Old English Nouns feoh, German Nouns Vieh, Danish Nouns fæ.

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