Been
Central Franconian edit
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Etymology edit
From Old High German bein.
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Noun edit
Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenche)
- (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) leg
- Et es e Wonder, datt du met dä kurte Been su flögg loofe kanns.
- It’s a wonder that you can run so fast with those short legs.
East Central German edit
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Been
- (Erzgebirgisch) Bein n (“leg; bone”)
References edit
- Ernst Göpfert: Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge, in: Neunundzwanzigster Bericht über die Progymnasial- und Realschulanstalt zu Annaberg, zu der Montag un Dienstag, den 18. und 19. März 1872 stattfindenden öffentlichen Prüfung ergebenst einladet der Director Prof. Friedrich Alfred Gilbert. Voranstehend: Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge. von Oberlehrer Ernst Göpfert, Annaberg, 1872, p. 15
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Ben
- (in other dialects) Bein
- (alternate plural spellings) Beenen, Beener
- been, beyn (New Saxon Spelling)
Etymology edit
From Old Saxon bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Cognate with German Bein, English bone. Compare the neuter noun sense "bones, skeleton" to the sense of the Gebein.
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Noun edit
Been n (plural Been or Benen or Bener)
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) leg
Noun edit
Been n
- (in some dialects) bone as a material
- (in some dialects) an indiscriminate number of bones : a skeleton or skeletons
See also edit
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain.
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Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenche)
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
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Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Saxon bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
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Been
Saterland Frisian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Frisian bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain. Cognates include West Frisian bien and German Bein.
Noun edit
Been n (plural Bene)
Coordinate terms edit
- Íerm (“arm”)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German bȫne (“ceiling”). Cognates include German Low German Böhn and Plautdietsch Bän.
Noun edit
Been m (plural Bene)