Been

Alternative forms

• Bään (eastern Moselle Franconian, except Westerwald)
• Bein (Kölsch; Westerwald)

Etymology

From Old High German bein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːn/

Noun

Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenche)

1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) leg

   Et es e Wonder, datt du met dä kurte Been su flögg loofe kanns.

   It’s a wonder that you can run so fast with those short legs.

Alternative forms

• Ben
• (in other dialects) Bein
• (alternate plural spellings) Beenen, Beener

Etymology

From Old Saxon bēn, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Cognate with German Bein, English bone. Compare the neuter noun sense "bones, skeleton" to the sense of the Gebein.

Pronunciation

• (in many dialects) IPA^(key): /bɛɪ̯n/

Noun

Been n (plural Been or Benen or Bener)

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) leg

Noun

Been n

1. (in some dialects) bone as a material
2. (in some dialects) an indiscriminate number of bones : a skeleton or skeletons

See also

• Knaken, Knake
• Knoken
• beenen, beene (verb)

Etymology

From Old High German bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːn/
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

Been n (plural Been)

1. leg

Etymology

From Old Saxon bēn, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Noun

Been

1. leg

Etymology

From Old Frisian bēn, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. More at bone.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beːn/

Noun

Been n

1. (anatomy) leg