oen

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

oene (obsolete)

Etymology

Uncertain, popular in soldiers' slang. Possibly of native Germanic origin, possibly related to loen, okkeloen, or oekeloen and/or to the Frisian given name Oene.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /un/
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Hyphenation: oen
Rhymes: -un

Noun

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

(slang) a nincompoop, moron, dumb person
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idioot
a castrated donkey

Derived terms

in Oenes kap hullen
met Oenes kolf kronen
oenemeloen
oenetuit (synonymous)
oenig (adjective)

Galician

Verb

oen

third-person plural present indicative of oír

Middle Irish

Determiner

oen

alternative spelling of óen

Mutation

Mutation of *oen*
radical	lenition	nasalization
oen (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-oen

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

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uŋ/, /un/, [ũŋ], [uŋ]

Pronoun

oen

superseded spelling of unu

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /oːɨ̯n/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɔi̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /oːn/
Rhymes: -oːɨ̯n

Noun

oen m (plural ŵyn)

lamb

Derived terms

oenig (“ewe lamb”)

Mutation

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.