veider

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veiterä. Cognates include dialectal Finnish veiterä (“lively, brisk; sharp”), Votic veitere (“quick, agile; brave”), and Ingrian veiterä (“lively; fun”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvei̯d̥er/, [ˈvei̯d̥er]
  • Rhymes: -eider
  • Hyphenation: vei‧der

Adjective

veider (genitive veidra, partitive veidrat, comparative veidram, superlative kõige veidram or veidraim)

  1. strange, odd, weird
    Synonyms: imelik, kummaline

Declension
Declension of veider (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative veider veidrad
accusative nom.
gen. veidra
genitive veidrate
partitive veidrat veidraid
illative veidrasse veidratesse
veidraisse
inessive veidras veidrates
veidrais
elative veidrast veidratest
veidraist
allative veidrale veidratele
veidraile
adessive veidral veidratel
veidrail
ablative veidralt veidratelt
veidrailt
translative veidraks veidrateks
veidraiks
terminative veidrani veidrateni
essive veidrana veidratena
abessive veidrata veidrateta
comitative veidraga veidratega

Derived terms
  • veiderdama
  • veidralt
  • veidravõitu
  • veidrik
  • veidrus

References
  • veider in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “veider”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

veider

  1. present of veida
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