ön

From Proto-Turkic *öŋ, *oŋ. Cognate with Old Turkic (öŋ, “front, face”).

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ön (definite accusative önü, plural önlər)

1. front

   Synonym: qabaq

   Antonyms: arxa, dal

ön (comparative daha ön, superlative ən ön)

1. front
2. preliminary

   ön razılaşma ― preliminary agreement

Lexicalization of the prefix ön- (“self-”). Proposed by István Széchenyi in analogy with the German form of address Sie, and popularized during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.^[1]

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• Rhymes: -øn

ön

1. (personal) you (formal)

Even though both ön and maga are used with the formal third-person verb forms, ön is generally considered more polite and respectful, but also more formal and distant. The choice between the two is also subject to the speakers' age and respective social status, as well as regional distribution, with younger generations and urban dwellers preferring ön over maga.^[2]

(See also the compounds of the prefix ön-.)

• ön in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ön in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ön in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ön in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Old Frisian in, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian in, West Frisian yn.

• IPA^(key): /œn/

ön

1. (Sylt) in
   • 2021, Tanno Hüttenrauch, Lord's Prayer Northfrisian / Vaterunser Nordfriesisch:

     Üüs Faađer ön Hemel.

     Our father in the heaven.

• IPA^(key): /øːn/
• Rhymes: -øːn

ön

1. inflection of ö:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. definite singular

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوك (öñ), from Proto-Turkic *öŋ, *oŋ.

ön (definite accusative önü, plural önler)

1. front

   Antonym: arka

• “ön”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu