"fej" meaning in Danish

See fej in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈfɑjˀ]
Etymology: From Old Danish fegh, from Old Norse feigr (“near to death”), from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Influenced by German feige. Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|fegh}} Old Danish fegh, {{inh|da|non|feigr||near to death}} Old Norse feigr (“near to death”), {{der|da|gem-pro|*faigijaz}} Proto-Germanic *faigijaz, {{cog|de|feige}} German feige Head templates: {{head|da|adjective|neuter|fejt|||plural and definite singular attributive|feje||||{{{3}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{4}}}||{{{sup2}}}||{{{5}}}|||f1accel-form=n|s|f3accel-form=e-form|f5accel-form=comd|f7accel-form=pred|supd|f9accel-form=attr|supd|head=|head2=|sort=}} fej (neuter fejt, plural and definite singular attributive feje), {{da-adj|t|e}} fej (neuter fejt, plural and definite singular attributive feje) Inflection templates: {{da-infl-adj||est}} Forms: fejt [neuter], feje [attributive, definite, singular], feje [attributive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fej [error-unrecognized-form, positive], fejere [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], fejest [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], fejt [error-unrecognized-form, positive], feje [plural, positive], fejere [comparative, plural], fejest [plural, superlative], feje [error-unrecognized-form, positive], fejeste [error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. (obsolete) doomed, ill-fated Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fej-da-adj-FTZJDsWn Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 11
  2. cowardly
    Sense id: en-fej-da-adj-oIeF-W~0
  3. unfair, mean
    Sense id: en-fej-da-adj-46kLGV3e Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: krysteragtig, kujonagtig Derived forms: fejhed
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [ˈfɑjˀ]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|da|verb form}} fej
  1. imperative of feje Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: feje
    Sense id: en-fej-da-verb-g2KWMerY Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 20 6 21 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "modig"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fejhed"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "fegh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish fegh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "feigr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "near to death"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse feigr (“near to death”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*faigijaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *faigijaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "feige"
      },
      "expansion": "German feige",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish fegh, from Old Norse feigr (“near to death”), from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Influenced by German feige.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fejt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feje",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feje",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fej",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejest",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feje",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejest",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feje",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejeste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{3}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{comp2}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{4}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{sup2}}}",
        "19": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "20": "{{{5}}}",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "3": "neuter",
        "4": "fejt",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "plural and definite singular attributive",
        "8": "feje",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "n|s",
        "f3accel-form": "e-form",
        "f5accel-form": "comd",
        "f7accel-form": "pred|supd",
        "f9accel-form": "attr|supd",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fej (neuter fejt, plural and definite singular attributive feje)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "t",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "fej (neuter fejt, plural and definite singular attributive feje)",
      "name": "da-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "est"
      },
      "name": "da-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "doomed, ill-fated"
      ],
      "id": "en-fej-da-adj-FTZJDsWn",
      "links": [
        [
          "doomed",
          "doomed"
        ],
        [
          "ill-fated",
          "ill-fated"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) doomed, ill-fated"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cowardly"
      ],
      "id": "en-fej-da-adj-oIeF-W~0",
      "links": [
        [
          "cowardly",
          "cowardly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unfair, mean"
      ],
      "id": "en-fej-da-adj-46kLGV3e",
      "links": [
        [
          "unfair",
          "unfair"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɑjˀ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "krysteragtig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kujonagtig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fej"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
      "name": "nonlemma"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "fej",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 6 21 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 0 11 16 5 5 5 14 5 12 5 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "feje"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "imperative of feje"
      ],
      "id": "en-fej-da-verb-g2KWMerY",
      "links": [
        [
          "feje",
          "feje#Danish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɑjˀ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fej"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "modig"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Danish adjectives",
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish non-lemma forms",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Danish verb forms",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "hu:Anatomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fejhed"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "fegh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish fegh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "feigr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "near to death"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse feigr (“near to death”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*faigijaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *faigijaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "feige"
      },
      "expansion": "German feige",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish fegh, from Old Norse feigr (“near to death”), from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Influenced by German feige.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fejt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feje",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feje",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fej",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejest",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feje",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejest",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feje",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fejeste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{3}}}",
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        "14": "{{{comp2}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{4}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{sup2}}}",
        "19": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "20": "{{{5}}}",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "3": "neuter",
        "4": "fejt",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "plural and definite singular attributive",
        "8": "feje",
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        "f1accel-form": "n|s",
        "f3accel-form": "e-form",
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        "f7accel-form": "pred|supd",
        "f9accel-form": "attr|supd",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fej (neuter fejt, plural and definite singular attributive feje)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "t",
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      },
      "expansion": "fej (neuter fejt, plural and definite singular attributive feje)",
      "name": "da-adj"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "est"
      },
      "name": "da-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "doomed, ill-fated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doomed",
          "doomed"
        ],
        [
          "ill-fated",
          "ill-fated"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) doomed, ill-fated"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cowardly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cowardly",
          "cowardly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unfair, mean"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unfair",
          "unfair"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɑjˀ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "krysteragtig"
    },
    {
      "word": "kujonagtig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fej"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish non-lemma forms",
    "Danish verb forms",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "hu:Anatomy"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
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    {
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        "2": "verb form"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "feje"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "imperative of feje"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feje",
          "feje#Danish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɑjˀ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fej"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fej meaning in Danish (4.3kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'indefinite common singular'",
  "path": [
    "fej"
  ],
  "section": "Danish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "fej",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'indefinite neuter singular'",
  "path": [
    "fej"
  ],
  "section": "Danish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "fej",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'definite attributive'",
  "path": [
    "fej"
  ],
  "section": "Danish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "fej",
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}

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