koon

From Middle Dutch coon, from Old Dutch *koun, from Proto-West Germanic *kaun (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kauną (“jaw, jawbone, cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with West Frisian koan (“cheek”), Old Norse kaun (“sore, abscess”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /koːn/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): [koːn]
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [koʊ̯n]

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• Hyphenation: koon
• Rhymes: -oːn

koon f (plural konen, diminutive koontje n)

1. (dated in most contexts) cheek

   Synonym: wang

   • 1880, Antony Winkler Prins, Waarom:

     Ik zie, dat op haar zachte koon
     Ook frisse lenterozen bloeien,

     I see that on her soft cheek
     Fresh spring-roses blossom too,

2. (obsolete) gill or jaw (of a fish)

   Synonym: kieuw

• The sense "cheek" is still not uncommonly encountered in spoken language, particularly in the plural and the diminutive and in the expression rode konen (or rode koontjes), meaning "ruddy/rosy cheeks".

koon

1. genitive singular of koko

koon

1. genitive singular of koo

• onko, onko-

koon

1. Rōmaji transcription of こおん