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

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Danish

Noun

soen c

1. definite singular of so

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną. Cognate with German sagen, Dutch zeggen, English say, Icelandic segja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzoːən/
  • 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

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Middle English

Noun

soen

1. (chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of sonne

References

• “sonne (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.