voelen

Meaning

1. (transitive) to feel, to have sensation of
2. (copulative, reflexive) to feel, to experience a feeling

Concepts

feel

sense

grope

touch

finger

reek

smell

👃

experience

perceive

give off an odour

sensate

apperceive

view

behold

emote

feel out

handle

hear

notice

observe

poke

see

👀

Synonyms

betasten

bevoelen

gewaarworden

tasten

aanvoelen

gevoelen

rieken

ruiken

👃

geuren

👃

merken

ondervinden

zien

👀

beschouwen

gadeslaan

horen

peuteren

proeven

pulken

⛏️

vingeren

waarnemen

zich voelen

aanschouwen

Hyphenated as

voe‧len

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvulə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: voelen

Inherited from Old Dutch: *fuolen

In summary

From Middle Dutch voelen, from Old Dutch *fuolen, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel”).