hoen

Alternative forms

• hoender

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoen, from Old Dutch *huon, from Proto-Germanic *hōną. Cognate with German Huhn, Low German Hohn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦun/

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• Rhymes: -un

Noun

hoen n (plural hoenders or hoenderen or hoenen, diminutive hoentje n)

1. (zoology) A fowl, a gallinaceous bird
2. the domestic chicken, genus Gallus
3. (hunting) the partridge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoen/

Verb

hoen

1. First-person singular indicative present form of hokea.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /hoːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hɔi̯n/

Noun

hoen

1. aspirate mutation of oen (“lamb”)