English

Noun

veel ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of veal
   • c. 1450, Mirour Saluacioun

     The ydolatiers of the golden veel.

Etymology 2

Verb

veel ‎(third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)

1. (nonstandard, Britain) feel
   • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire

     To Veel. v. To feel.

     Veel’d. part. Felt.

Etymology 3

Noun

veel ‎(plural veels)

1. (nonstandard, Britain) field

Derived terms

• veelvare

Quotations

• 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century

  But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels?

• 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire

  Veel. s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːl
• IPA^(key): /veːl/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

Determiner

veel ‎(comparative meer, superlative meest)

1. many, much

Inflection

Antonyms

• weinig

Derived terms

• hoeveel
• veelal
• veelheid
• veelhoek
• (frequently): veels
• (most): veelst
• (more): veler
• zoveel

Pronoun

veel ‎(comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste)

1. much, a lot

   Vanaf hier kan ik veel zien.‎

   From here I can see a lot.

Antonyms

• weinig

Adverb

veel ‎(comparative meer, superlative meest)

1. much
2. often, frequently

Synonyms

• (frequently): vaak

Antonyms

• weinig
• (frequently): zelden

Derived terms

• veelgebruikt

Anagrams

• leve, vele

Etymology 2

Verb

veel

1. first-person singular present indicative of velen
2. imperative of velen

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

• völle

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˑl/

Adverb

veel

1. much

Adjective

veel

1. much, many

Estonian

Etymology

From a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian vėl, Latvian vēl and Finnish vielä.

Adverb

veel

1. yet, still

Anagrams

• elev

German Low German

Alternative forms

• vel
• (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian) vęl; vääl (väl)

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Adverb

veel

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much

   (Low Prussian) veel to lat

   much too late

Adjective

veel

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)

   (Low Prussian) veel Melk

   a lot of milk

2. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) many (when used in the plural)

   (Low Prussian) veele Kinga

   many children

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vitellus.

Noun

veel m ‎(oblique plural veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative singular veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative plural veel)

1. calf (young cow or bull)

Descendants

• English: veal (borrowed)
• French: veau

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (veel, supplement)
• veel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub