Been
Central FranconianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German bein.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
Been
- (Erzgebirgisch) Bein n (“leg; bone”)
ReferencesEdit
- 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 GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Ben
- (in other dialects) Bein
- (alternate plural spellings) Beenen, Beener
- been, beyn (New Saxon Spelling)
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Been n (plural Been or Benen or Bener)
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) leg
NounEdit
Been n
- (in some dialects) bone as a material
- (in some dialects) an indiscriminate number of bones : a skeleton or skeletons
See alsoEdit
HunsrikEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenche)
Further readingEdit
LuxembourgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
PlautdietschEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Saxon bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
NounEdit
Been
Saterland FrisianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Frisian bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain. Cognates include West Frisian bien and German Bein.
NounEdit
Been n (plural Bene)
Coordinate termsEdit
- Íerm (“arm”)
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German bȫne (“ceiling”). Cognates include German Low German Böhn and Plautdietsch Bän.
NounEdit
Been m (plural Bene)