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Woen
Woen
See also: woen
Dutch
Proper noun
Woen m
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- Een van die afgoden, van hun eigen maaksel, was Woen, de stormwind, van waar wy nog het heidensch woord Woens-dag en Woens-wagen (...) bewaard hebben. (Gezelle, 1864)
- One of their idols, of their own creation, was Woden, the stormwind, whence we still have the heathen word Wednesday and Woden's carriage (...).
- De god Woen is dus genoemd naar de opperste vervoering die onze heidense voorouders zich bij hem voorstelden. (Taaldacht, 2013)
- The god Woden is named after the ecstasy our heathen forefathers associated with him.
Usage notes
Rare as simplex. More commonly encountered in compounds like woensdag, Woenstijd and Woenswagen and in toponyms like Woensdrecht and Woensel.
Synonyms
woen
woen
See also: Woen
Luxembourgish
Verb
woen (third-person singular present wot, past participle gewot, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to dare
Conjugation
Regular | ||
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infinitive | woen | |
participle | gewot | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | woen | — |
2nd singular | wos | wo |
3rd singular | wot | — |
1st plural | woen | — |
2nd plural | wot | wot |
3rd plural | woen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |