zoen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zun/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: zoen
  • Rhymes: -un

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch zoene, soen, soene, swoene (reconciliation; atonement; kiss), from Old Dutch *sōna, *swōna (reconciliation; peace; agreement), from Proto-Germanic *sōnō, *swōnō (appeasement; reconciliation; atonement; sacrifice), from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (healthy; whole; active; vigorous). Cognate with German Sühne (atonement). Related to Dutch gezond (healthy).

Noun

zoen m (plural zoenen, diminutive zoentje n)

  1. kiss, smooch
  2. (archaic) reconciliation, saught (act of reconciling or state of being reconciled)
  3. (archaic, chiefly religion) atonement (act of atoning)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: soen
  • Caribbean Javanese: sun
  • Indonesian: sun
  • Papiamentu: sunchi (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zoen

  1. inflection of zoenen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 3

A shortening of and alternative to negerzoen.

Noun

zoen m (plural zoenen, diminutive zoentje n)

  1. a chocolate-coated cream or marshmallow treat
    Synonyms: chocoladezoen, chocozoen, schuimzoen, mellowcake, melocake, nonnentet, negerzoen, negerinnentet
Usage notes

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

zoen

  1. inflection of zoar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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