zoen

• IPA^(key): /zun/

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• Hyphenation: zoen
• Rhymes: -un

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”).

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)

• kus

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

zoen

1. inflection of zoenen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

A shortening of and alternative to negerzoen.

zoen m (plural zoenen, diminutive zoentje n)

1. a chocolate-coated cream or marshmallow treat

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

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

• onze

zoen

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