hoerenzoon

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • hoerezoon (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoerensone, first attested as a gloss for manzer, i.e. mamzer.[1] Equivalent to hoer (whore, hooker) + -en- (interfix) + zoon (son). Compare English whoreson, German Hurensohn and the rare West Frisian huorresoan, which is perhaps calqued from the Dutch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦuː.rə(n)ˌzoːn/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: hoe‧ren‧zoon

Noun

hoerenzoon m (plural hoerenzonen, diminutive hoerenzoontje n)

  1. (derogatory, vulgar) whoreson, son of a bitch (despicable man)
  2. (literally) son of a whore, whoreson (son of a usually female prostitute)

Hypernyms

References

  1. “hoerensone”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
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