zoen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zun/

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• Hyphenation: zoen
• Rhymes: -un

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch zoene, soen, soene, swoene (“reconciliation; atonement; kiss”), from Old Dutch *sōna, *swōna (“reconciliation; peace; agreement”), from Proto-Germanic *sōnō, *swōnō (“appeasement; reconciliation; atonement; sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”). Cognate with German Sühne (“atonement”). Related to Dutch gezond (“healthy”).

Noun

zoen m (plural zoenen, diminutive zoentje n)

1. kiss, smooch
2. (archaic) reconciliation, saught (act of reconciling or state of being reconciled)
3. (archaic, chiefly religion) atonement (act of atoning)

Synonyms

• kus

Derived terms

• chocoladezoen
• nachtzoen
• negerzoen
• tongzoen
• zoenen
  • afzoenen
  • verzoenen
• zoenoffer
• zoenverdrag

Descendants

• Afrikaans: soen
• → Caribbean Javanese: sun
• → Indonesian: sun
• → Papiamentu: sunchi (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zoen

1. inflection of zoenen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Etymology 3

A shortening of and alternative to negerzoen.

Noun

zoen m (plural zoenen, diminutive zoentje n)

1. a chocolate-coated cream or marshmallow treat

   Synonyms: chocoladezoen, chocozoen, schuimzoen, mellowcake, melocake, nonnentet, negerzoen, negerinnentet

Usage notes

• Uncontroversial synonyms are chocoladezoen, chocozoen, schuimzoen, mellowcake and melocake.
• Potentially offensive synonyms are nonnentet, negerzoen and negerinnentet.

Anagrams

• onze

Galician

Verb

zoen

1. inflection of zoar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative