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oen

oen

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • oene (obsolete)

Noun

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

  1. (slang) A nincompoop, moron, dumb person
  2. A castrated donkey

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Galician

Verb

oen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of oír

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ognos (compare Old Irish úan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnos (lamb).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /oɨ̯n/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /oi̯n/

Noun

oen m (plural wyn)

  1. 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.