zoen

• IPA^(key): /zun/
• Rhymes: -un

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

• chocoladezoen
• nachtzoen
• negerzoen
• tongzoen
• zoenoffer
• zoenverdrag

• Afrikaans: soen
• → Papiamentu: sunchi (from the diminutive)

See the etymology of the main entry.

zoen

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

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