kween

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • kwee

Etymology

From Middle Dutch quene (“old woman”), from Old Dutch kwena, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Cognate with English quean.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʋeːn/
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  • Hyphenation: kween
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

kween f (plural kwenen, diminutive kweentje n)

  1. woman past child-bearing age; old woman, crone
  2. barren hermaphrodite cow, mostly female with male traits; (by extension) any infertile hermaphrodite female animal held as livestock

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