doen
Pronunciation: /dun/
“doen” is a Dutch word. Its 11 meanings in English:
verb
- to do
- to put
- to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
- to give, serve, bring
- to do, to have sex with someone
- to touch a nerve; to strike a chord in
- to be different; to make a difference
- to behave or act in some way
- Used as the finite verb after the fronting of an infinitive.
- Added to sentences without a specific meaning, when there is no other auxiliary.
noun
Etymology
From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t.
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