zoen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zun/
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  • 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)
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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
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Verb

zoen

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