soen

See also: sön

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sun/

Etymology 1

From Dutch zoen.

Noun

soen (plural soene, diminutive soentjie)

1. kiss

Etymology 2

From Dutch zoenen.

Verb

soen (present soen, present participle soenende, past participle gesoen)

1. to kiss

Danish

Noun

soen c

1. definite singular of so

Galician

Verb

soen

1. inflection of soar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative
2. third-person plural present indicative of soer

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan.

Cognate with German sagen, Dutch zeggen, English say, Icelandic segja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzoːen/, [ˈzoː.ən]
  • Rhymes: -oːən

Verb

soen (third-person singular present seet, preterite sot, past participle gesot, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to say
2. to tell

Derived terms

• aussoen
• entsoen
• erëmsoen
• nosoen
• ofsoen
• opsoen
• usoen
• versoen
• virsoen
• zousoen

Related terms

• So

Middle English

Noun

soen

1. (chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of sonne (“sun”)