hoen

See also: -hön

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoen, from Old Dutch *huon, from Proto-West Germanic *hōn, from Proto-Germanic *hōną. Cognate with German Huhn, Low German Hohn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦun/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -un

Noun

hoen n (plural hoenders or hoenderen or hoenen, diminutive hoentje n)

  1. (zoology) A fowl, a gallinaceous bird
    Het bos is de thuisbasis van verschillende soorten hoenders, waaronder fazanten en patrijzen.
    The forest is home to various kinds of fowl, including pheasants and partridges.
    Het natuurgebied is een ideale plek voor het observeren van wilde hoenders.
    The nature reserve is an ideal place for observing wild fowls.
  2. the domestic chicken, genus Gallus
    In veel landen zijn hoenders belangrijke landbouwhuisdieren voor het produceren van vlees en eieren.
    In many countries, domestic chickens are important farm animals for producing meat and eggs.
    Ze houden een kleine kudde hoenders in hun achtertuin voor verse eieren.
    They keep a small flock of chickens in their backyard for fresh eggs.
  3. (hunting) the partridge
    De jagers gingen op pad om de patrijzen, ook wel hoenders genoemd, te vangen.
    The hunters went out to catch the partridges, also known as hoenders.
    Deze regio staat bekend om de overvloed aan wilde hoenders voor de jacht.
    This region is known for the abundance of wild partridges for hunting.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: hoender
  • Negerhollands: hoener, hundu, hunder, hun
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: hundu (dated)

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhoen/, [ˈho̞e̞n]
  • Rhymes: -oen
  • Syllabification(key): ho‧en

Verb

hoen

  1. first-person singular present indicative of hokea

Anagrams

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

hoen • (欣, 歡, 𤸧)

  1. soiled, smeared

See also
Derived terms
  • hoen ố
  • hoen rỉ

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh hoen, from Proto-Celtic *sognos, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower”), but Matasovic calls the difference in meaning "conspicuous."[1] See the adjective hy (“bold, brave”).

Noun

hoen f (plural hoenau, not mutable)

  1. joy, gaiety, gladness
    Synonyms: llawenydd, llonder
  2. liveliness, vivacity
    Synonyms: bywiogrwydd, hoenusrwydd
Derived terms
  • di-hoen (“joyless, lackluster”)
  • hoenus (“lively, vivacious, sprightly”)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “sego”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 327

Noun

hoen

  1. h-prothesized form of oen (“lamb”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
oen unchanged unchanged hoen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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