Serbian words starting with V

• v.see (abbreviation: vidi; also vek, century)
• vaditito take out of something; to get (a document) issued (vaditi pasoš)…
• vȁđēnje kȑvitaking blood, having blood taken (for a test)
• vȁđēnje zúbatooth extraction
• vágabalance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)
• vagatito weigh out, to put on the scales (imperfective)
• vaistinuverily, truly (the reply: Vaistinu se rodi!, Vaistinu vaskrse!)
• vaj-fajWi-Fi
• vàjārsculptor
• vakcínavaccine
• vakcinácijavaccination
• vala wave (in Serbia usually talas)
• vȁlahonestly; I swear (colloquial emphasis; a Turkism; not for work)
• vàljanwell-founded, valid (of a reason; for documents, važeći); decent…
• valjatito be any good; impersonal valja: one should; ne valja: it’s no good
• vàljdapresumably, I suppose; hopefully
• valútacurrency
• vamto you (short Dat. of vi)
• vama(to) you (dative, instrumental, locative of vi)
• vȃnout, outside, outdoors
• vanoutside (+ Gen.)
• van sebebeside oneself (van sebe od besa, beside oneself with rage)
• vanbračniextramarital; born out of wedlock
• vanjezičkiextralinguistic
• vannastavniextracurricular (vannastavne aktivnosti)
• vanredanextraordinary, unscheduled (vanredno stanje, a state of emergency)
• vȁratito cheat (at a game); to deceive; to be unfaithful; varati se, to be…
• varìjantaa variant (in linguistics, a national standard variety)
• vȁroša small town (regional, dated)
• vašyour (to several people or formal: vi); yours (vi)
• vasiónathe universe; the cosmos (literary; the everyday word is svemir)
• vȁskolikentire, whole (elevated; the ordinary words are čitav, sav)
• vȁskrsEaster (in church usage; = Uskrs)
• Vaskrsni ponedeljakEaster Monday (a day off)
• vaskrsnutito rise from the dead
• vaspitàčicaa kindergarten teacher, a nursery teacher
• vaspítānjeupbringing; manners
• vȁtacotton wool
• vaterpolowater polo
• vȁtrafire; a campfire; a light (for a cigarette)
• vȁtrogāscifirefighters; the fire brigade
• vȁtromētfireworks
• vaučera voucher
• vážanimportant
• vȁzdaalways (archaic and folk; the ordinary word is uvek)
• vȁzdūhair
• vážēćīvalid, in force (document, permit)
• važenjevalidity (rok važenja, the period of validity)
• vȁžīOK; deal (colloquial agreement)
• vȁžī dovalid until (the date field on a document)
• vážitito be valid; to hold, to apply (of a rule); to be considered
• veb-adresaa web address
• vȅćalready; but rather (after a negative)
• vȅčēevening
• vèčeradinner; supper
• vèčerāmI have dinner
• večerastonight, this evening
• večerašnjitonight’s, this evening’s (večerašnji koncert)
• večeratito have dinner (both aspects)
• većinathe majority, most (of)
• večiteternal (večiti derbi)
• vȅčitī dȅrbithe eternal derby (Red Star against Partizan)
• vȅčnā kȕćaa final resting place (a grave)
• vȅdarclear (of the sky); bright, cheerful (of a person)
• vèganvegan
• vegetarijánacvegetarian
• vȇka century; a lifetime (a long time)
• velegrada big city, a metropolis
• veleizdajahigh treason
• veleposlanstvoan embassy (Croatian; Serbian ambasada)
• vȅleprodajawholesale
• velesilaa great power
• veletito say (folksy; veli = kaže)
• veličànstvenmagnificent, majestic
• veličìnasize
• vèlikbig
• vȅlika rȁzlikaa big difference
• Veliki petakGood Friday
• Veliki ratthe Great War (the First World War)
• velikòdušangenerous
• vèlitito say (archaic and folk; alive mainly in the 3rd person: ‘he says’)
• veljačaFebruary (Croatian; Serbian februar)
• vènčānī kȗmthe best man, a wedding witness
• venčánjewedding
• venčati seto get married
• ventìlātora fan (electric)
• venutito wilt, to be wilting (imperfective; perfective uvenuti)
• veomavery
• vȅrafaith
• verènicafiancée
• vȅrenīkfiancé
• vèridbaengagement
• vèriti seto get engaged
• vȇrnīkbeliever
• veroìspovēstreligion, religious affiliation (feminine)
• vȅrovānjea folk belief; a belief, faith (in something)
• verovatanprobable, likely (malo je verovatno, it’s unlikely)
• vȅrovatito believe; to trust (someone)
• vȅrovātnoprobably, most likely
• verovatnoćaprobability
• verskireligious (verski praznik)
• vèrzijaversion
• verziònisānjeversion control, versioning (a documentation term; in speech, git)
• vȅšlaundry, washing (the everyday word; rublje is rare)
• vȅš mašínawashing machine
• vȅš mašínawashing machine
• vȅš mašína ne rȃdīthe washing machine isn’t working, the washing machine is broken
• veséljemerriment
• vȅseocheerful
• vȇsta piece of news, a news item
• vȅštskilled, adept
• veštačkiartificial (veštačka inteligencija)
• vèštāka court-appointed expert, an expert witness
• véstithe news
• vèšticaa witch
• veštìnaa skill, mastery (job ads use the plural)
• vȅtarwind
• veterìnārvet
• vetrovitwindy
• vȅtrovitowindy
• vȅvericasquirrel
• vȅzaa relationship; a connection (between things, by phone; in a letter…
• vȅza pȕcāthe connection keeps dropping, you’re breaking up
• vezatito tie, to bind; to knit (vežem)
• vézati kònja gdȅ gȁzda kȃžēto do as the boss says, to toe the line
• vežbaan exercise
• vȅžbatito practise; to exercise, to train
• vȅžbetutorials, seminars, practical classes; exercises
• vȋyou (plural/formal)
• vȉca joke (a short funny story)
• viceguvernera vice-governor (of the central bank)
• vicešampiona runner-up, the silver medallist
• vidaspect (of a verb: glagolski vid); eyesight
• vȉdećemowe’ll see (politely putting off a decision)
• videoa video (a recording); (on je) video, he saw (from videti)
• vȉdeo ìgravideo game
• videopoziva video call
• vȉdetito see (to watch deliberately is gledati)
• vȉdeti seto see each other, to meet up (Vidimo se! “See you!”)
• vȉdilook at that!; well I never! (surprise, at the start of a reply; in…
• vȉdīmo sesee you, see you later
• vidljivvisible
• VȉdovdanSt Vitus’s Day (Vidovdan, 28 June; the day of the Battle of Kosovo)
• viđatito see now and then (viđati se, to see each other)
• viđati seto see each other, to meet (imperfective)
• viđenjeseeing, meeting (do viđenja “goodbye”); a vision
• vikashouting
• vikatito shout (imperfective)
• vìkendweekend
• vìkendicacottage
• vikendomat weekends
• viknutito give a shout
• vílaa fairy (a mountain and water spirit of folklore); a villa
• vilicaa jaw; a fork (Croatian; Serbian viljuška)
• vìljuškafork
• vínowine
• vìnogrāda vineyard (the grapes are grožđe)
• violinaa violin
• vìršlaa frankfurter, a hot-dog sausage (the everyday word, usually plural)
• vírusvirus
• viš(colloquial) you see — vidiš
• vȉšēmore; no longer, not any more (više ne)
• vȉšē nȅgomore than (more than enough)
• višestrukmultiple, manifold
• visìnaheight (from visok; -ina makes measure nouns from adjectives: dužina…
• visitito hang, be hanging (imperfective)
• viskiwhisky
• vȉšnjasour cherry
• vìsoktall; high
• Visoki DečaniVisoki Dečani (a fourteenth-century monastery)
• visoko obrazovanjehigher education
• vìsoko prízemljeraised ground floor (abbreviated VP in listings)
• vȉtakslim; slender
• vitàmīnvitamin
• vitamínivitamins
• vȉtēza knight
• vízavisa
• vládaa government; rules, has a command of (a form of the verb vladati: On…
• vladajućigoverning, in power (vladajuća stranka, the ruling party)
• vladara ruler
• vladatito rule; to have a command of (+ Instr.: vladati jezikom)…
• vládikabishop (masculine noun despite -a ending)
• vlaka train (Croatian; Serbian voz)
• vláknafibre, dietary fibre; fibres
• vlàsničkī lȉsta cadastre extract, a title deed (the everyday name)
• vlȃsnīkowner
• vlȃsnīštvoownership; title (to a property)
• vlȃstpower; rule (of a government); the governing side; the authorities…
• vlastelathe nobility
• vlastelina nobleman
• vlȁžne maràmicewet wipes
• vlȁžnohumid; damp
• vlk(dialect, Torlak) wolf — vuk
• voan ox (Gen. vola)
• vòćefruit (as food)
• vȍćnjākorchard (voće — fruit; bašta — the garden by the house)
• vòdawater; (vođa, a leader, is another word, with đ)
• vòda za píćedrinking water
• vodećileading (vodeći stručnjak)
• vòdīča guide; a guidebook
• vodicaa little water
• voditelja presenter, a host (of a programme)
• voditito lead, to take (someone somewhere); to manage, to run (a firm…
• voditi belešketo keep notes
• vòditi evidèncijuto keep records
• vòditi račúnato take care (of something), to look after, to mind (o + Loc.)
• vòditi u vȑtićto take to kindergarten
• voditi zapisnikto take the minutes
• vodoinstalàtērplumber
• vȍdopādwaterfall
• vodosnabdevanjewater supply
• vodovodthe water mains
• vodovodniwater-supply (vodovodna mreža, the water mains)
• vođenjemanaging (vođenje tima, leading a team)
• vojničkisoldier’s, military
• vòjnīka soldier
• vojnikinjaa woman soldier
• vojvodaa duke, a military commander (masculine despite the -a)
• VȍjvodinaVojvodina
• vojvòđanskīof Vojvodina, Vojvodinian (of speech: a drawl, German and Hungarian…
• vokala vowel (the term; usually samoglasnik)
• vòlānsteering wheel
• vòletito love; to like
• voljawill; the will, the desire (to do something); po volji, to one’s…
• volontera volunteer
• volontíratito volunteer, to do volunteer work
• vonja reek (bookish)
• vȏztrain
• vòzāčdriver
• vòzāčkā dòzvoladriving licence
• vozačkidriver's (vozačka dozvola, a driving licence; colloquially vozačka)
• vȍzdrahi, hey (back slang, among friends only)
• vòziloa vehicle (formal; in speech auto or kola)
• vòzitito drive; to ride (a bike, a motorbike); to take (someone), to give a…
• vòziti bicìklto ride a bicycle, to ride a bike, to cycle
• vȍznā kártaa ticket (for a bus or train), a travel ticket
• vȍznī rȇda timetable; a schedule (American)
• vòžnjadriving, a ride (from voziti)
• vrábacsparrow
• vrȃča sorcerer, a witch doctor
• vrȁćām seI come back
• VračarVračar (a district of Belgrade; na Vračaru)
• vraćatito give back or return (imperfective of vratiti)
• vraćati seto be coming back (imperfective)
• vragthe devil (Kog vraga?, what the devil?)
• vrȁnacrow
• vrȃta neck (of a body, a bottle, an instrument)
• vrátaa door; a gate (plural-only noun)
• vrátitito give back; to return (something)
• vrátiti mȉlo za drȃgoto pay (someone) back in kind, to give as good as one gets
• vrátiti seto return, to come back
• vŕbawillow
• VrbicaLazarus Saturday (the children’s feast before Palm Sunday)
• vrédanhard-working; valuable
• vredetito be worth; impersonal vredi: it’s worth it
• vrédnōstvalue
• vrédnostivalues (plural; the singular also means worth, a price)
• vréđatito insult (imperfective)
• vrémetime; weather; a tense (glagolsko vreme)
• vremenskiweather (adj.: vremenska prognoza); of time
• vreoboiling hot, scalding (Fem. vrela)
• vretito be boiling, to seethe (imperfective)
• vr̀gānja cep, a porcini mushroom (a mushroom in general is pečurka)
• vȑhthe top, a summit (of a mountain); a tip (of a finger); the leadership
• vrhunskitop-notch, top-class
• vrlinaa virtue
• vȑlovery
• VršacVršac (a town in Vojvodina; Gen. Vršca)
• vršitito carry out, to perform (official: vršiti kontrolu)
• vŕšiti prìtisakto exert pressure, to put pressure (on someone: na + Acc.)
• vŕstaa species; a sort, a type, a kind (of thing)
• vȑta garden
• vr̀tića kindergarten, a nursery school
• vrtòglavicadizziness
• vrȕćhot (vruć dan)
• vrúćehot (it is hot; of food and drink)
• vrućìnaheat
• vrvprobably (short for verovatno; writing only)
• VSShigher education (short for visoka stručna sprema, in job ads)
• vućito pull, to drag (vući se, to drag on, of a sound or time; vuci: the…
• vúći nȅkoga za nȏsto string someone along, to lead someone up the garden path
• vučjiwolf’s
• vučna službaa towing service, a tow truck (= šlep služba)
• vȗkwolf
• Vȗk dlȁku mȇnjā, àli ćȗd nȉkadaa leopard can’t change its spots (literally ‘a wolf changes its coat’)
• Vȗk KàradžićVuk Karadžić (the language reformer and collector of folk songs)
• Vȗkova refòrmaVuk’s reform (built on ‘write as you speak’)
• vùlgāranvulgar, obscene (more formal than prostački)
• vulgarizama vulgarism, a coarse word
• vulkanìzera tyre shop; a tyre fitter (the person)
• vȕnawool
• vunenwoollen