venja

See also: venjà

Catalan

Verb

venja

1. inflection of venjar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• vegna

Etymology

From Latin vīnea. Compare Italian vigna, Portuguese vinha, Spanish viña, French vigne, Romanian vie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβeɲa/

Noun

venja f

1. vineyard

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse venja, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną, whence also English wean.

Verb

venja (third person singular past indicative vandi, third person plural past indicative vant, supine vant)

1. to exercise
2. to train

Conjugation

Conjugation of venja (group v-18)
infinitive	venja
supine	vant
participle (a7)1	venjandi	vandur
	present	past
first singular	venji	vandi
second singular	venur	vandi
third singular	venur	vandi
plural	venja	vandu
	imperative
singular	ven!
plural	venjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• venjari (coach)
• venjing (training)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnja/
• Rhymes: -ɛnja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse venja, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną, whence also English wean.

Verb

venja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vandi, supine vanið)

1. to accustom, to make accustomed
2. to train

   Synonym: temja

Conjugation

venja — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að venja
supine (sagnbót)		vanið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		venjandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég ven	við venjum	present (nútíð)	ég venji	við venjum
	þú venur	þið venjið		þú venjir	þið venjið
	hann, hún, það venur	þeir, þær, þau venja		hann, hún, það venji	þeir, þær, þau venji
past (þátíð)	ég vandi	við vöndum	past (þátíð)	ég vendi	við vendum
	þú vandir	þið vönduð		þú vendir	þið venduð
	hann, hún, það vandi	þeir, þær, þau vöndu		hann, hún, það vendi	þeir, þær, þau vendu
imperative (boðháttur)	ven (þú)	venjið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vendu	venjiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

venjast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að venjast
supine (sagnbót)		vanist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		venjandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég venst	við venjumst	present (nútíð)	ég venjist	við venjumst
	þú venst	þið venjist		þú venjist	þið venjist
	hann, hún, það venst	þeir, þær, þau venjast		hann, hún, það venjist	þeir, þær, þau venjist
past (þátíð)	ég vandist	við vöndumst	past (þátíð)	ég vendist	við vendumst
	þú vandist	þið vöndust		þú vendist	þið vendust
	hann, hún, það vandist	þeir, þær, þau vöndust		hann, hún, það vendist	þeir, þær, þau vendust
imperative (boðháttur)	venst (þú)	venist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	venstu	venisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vaninn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vaninn	vanin	vanið		vandir	vandar	vanin
accusative (þolfall)	vaninn	vanda	vanið		vanda	vandar	vanin
dative (þágufall)	vöndum	vaninni	vöndu		vöndum	vöndum	vöndum
genitive (eignarfall)	vanins	vaninnar	vanins		vaninna	vaninna	vaninna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vandi	vanda	vanda		vöndu	vöndu	vöndu
accusative (þolfall)	vanda	vöndu	vanda		vöndu	vöndu	vöndu
dative (þágufall)	vanda	vöndu	vanda		vöndu	vöndu	vöndu
genitive (eignarfall)	vanda	vöndu	vanda		vöndu	vöndu	vöndu

Derived terms

• venja við
• venjast

Etymology 2

From Old Norse venja, from Proto-Germanic *wanjǭ.

Noun

venja f (genitive singular venju, nominative plural venjur)

1. custom, practice

   Synonym: siður

2. habit

   Synonym: vani

Declension

Declension of venja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	venja	venjan	venjur	venjurnar
accusative	venju	venjuna	venjur	venjurnar
dative	venju	venjunni	venjum	venjunum
genitive	venju	venjunnar	venja	venjanna

Derived terms

• að venju
• venju fremur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• venje, venna, venne

Etymology

From Old Norse venja, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną, whence also English wean.

Verb

venja (present tense ven, past tense vande, supine vant, past participle vand, present participle venjande, imperative ven)

1. (transitive) to accustom, to make used to

Derived terms

• venja av

Related terms

• vane m
• ven m, venn m

See also

• venne (Bokmål)

References

• “venja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wanjaną, whence also English wean.

Verb

venja (singular past indicative vandi, plural past indicative vǫndu, past participle vandr or vaninn)

1. (transitive) to accustom, to make used to
2. (transitive) to train (an animal)
3. (reflexive) to get accustomed to, to get used to

Conjugation

Conjugation of venja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	venja
present participle	venjandi
past participle	vandr, vaniðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ven	vanda
2nd-person singular	venr	vandir
3rd-person singular	venr	vandi
1st-person plural	venjum	vǫndum
2nd-person plural	venið	vǫnduð
3rd-person plural	venja	vǫndu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	venja	venda
2nd-person singular	venir	vendir
3rd-person singular	veni	vendi
1st-person plural	venim	vendim
2nd-person plural	venið	vendið
3rd-person plural	veni	vendi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ven
1st-person plural	venjum
2nd-person plural	venið

Conjugation of venja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	venjask
present participle	venjandisk
past participle	venzk, vanizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	venjumk	vǫndumk
2nd-person singular	vensk	vandisk
3rd-person singular	vensk	vandisk
1st-person plural	venjumsk	vǫndumsk
2nd-person plural	venizk	vǫnduzk
3rd-person plural	venjask	vǫndusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	venjumk	vendumk
2nd-person singular	venisk	vendisk
3rd-person singular	venisk	vendisk
1st-person plural	venimsk	vendimsk
2nd-person plural	venizk	vendizk
3rd-person plural	venisk	vendisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	vensk
1st-person plural	venjumsk
2nd-person plural	venizk

Related terms

• venja f (“custom, habit”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: venja
• Faroese: venja
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: venne
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: venje, venja
• Elfdalian: wena
• Old Swedish: vænia
  • Swedish: vänja
• Old Danish: wæniæ
  • Scanian: vænna
  • Danish: vænne
• Gutnish: väne

References

• “venja1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wanjǭ.

Noun

venja f (genitive venju)

1. custom, habit

Declension

  Declension of venja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	venja	venjan	venjur	venjurnar
accusative	venju	venjuna	venjur	venjurnar
dative	venju	venjunni	venjum	venjunum
genitive	venju	venjunnar	venja	venjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: venja

References

• “venja2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press