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oen

See also: óen, ōen, øen, ön, -ön, and ön-

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain, probably Germanic, possibly related to loen, okkeloen or oekeloen and/or to the Frisian given name Oene

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /un/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: oen
  • Rhymes: -un

Noun

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oen m or n (plural oenen, diminutive oentje n)

  1. (slang) a nincompoop, moron, dumb person
    Synonyms: dombo, domkop, dommerik, domoor, dwaas, ezel, ezelsveulen, idioot, kalf, kalverkop, kneus, leeghoofd, oelewapper, rund, steenezel, sufferd, sufkop, sukkel, stommeling, uil, uilskuiken
  2. a castrated donkey

Derived terms

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Derived terms

Galician

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Verb

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oen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of oír

Middle Irish

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Determiner

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oen

  1. Alternative spelling of óen

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
oen unchanged n-oen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *oɣn, from Proto-Celtic *ognos (compare Breton oan, Old Irish úan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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oen m (plural ŵyn)

  1. lamb

Mutation

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Mutated forms of oen
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
oen unchanged unchanged hoen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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