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zoen

Pronunciation: /zun/

“zoen” is a Dutch word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. kiss, smooch
  2. reconciliation, saught (act of reconciling or state of being reconciled)
  3. atonement (act of atoning)
  4. a chocolate-coated cream or marshmallow treat

Etymology

From Middle Dutch zoene, soen, soene, swoene (“reconciliation; atonement; kiss”), from Old Dutch *sōna, *swōna (“reconciliation; peace; agreement”), from Proto-Germanic *sōnō, *swōnō (“appeasement; reconciliation; atonement; sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”). Cognate with German Sühne (“atonement”). Related to Dutch gezond (“healthy”).

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