hoerenzoon
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- hoerezoon (superseded)
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
hoerenzoon m (plural hoerenzonen, diminutive hoerenzoontje n)
- (derogatory, vulgar) whoreson, son of a bitch (despicable man)
- (literally) son of a whore, whoreson (son of a usually female prostitute)
Hypernyms edit
References edit
- ^ “hoerensone”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000