zoen

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) kiss, smooch
2. (archaic, masculine) reconciliation, saught (act of reconciling or state of being reconciled)
3. (archaic, masculine) atonement (act of atoning)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of zoenen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of zoenen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of zoenen:

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zoenen

1. (transitive) to kiss
2. (archaic, transitive) to reconcile

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Concepts

kiss

😗

coss

atonement

expiation

expiatory

reconciliation

Synonyms

kus

😗

Translations

baiser

😗

beso

😗

beijo

😗

Kuss

😗

basium

😗

bacio

😗

φιλί

Kuß

osculum

😗

suavium

😗

bécot

bisou

😗

bes

maç

😗

paç

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zun/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: zoene

Inherited from Old Dutch: *sōna

Cognate with German: Sühne

In summary

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”).