Been

== Central Franconian == === Alternative forms === Bään (eastern Moselle Franconian, except Westerwald) Bein (Kölsch; Westerwald) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle High German bein. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beːn/ === Noun === Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenche) (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) leg ==== Descendants ==== Hunsrik: Been Luxembourgish: Been == East Central German == === Alternative forms === Baa === Noun === Been (Erzgebirgisch) Bein n (“leg; bone”) === References === Ernst Göpfert: Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge, in: Neunundzwanzigster Bericht über die Progymnasial- und Realschulanstalt zu Annaberg, zu der Montag un Dienstag, den 18. und 19. März 1872 stattfindenden öffentlichen Prüfung ergebenst einladet der Director Prof. Friedrich Alfred Gilbert. Voranstehend: Dialectisches aus dem Erzgebirge. von Oberlehrer Ernst Göpfert, Annaberg, 1872, p. 15 == Hunsrik == === Alternative forms === peen (Wiesemann spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Central Franconian Been. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeːn/ Rhymes: -eːn Syllabification: Been === Noun === Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenche) leg (lower limb from groin to ankle) === References === == Low German == === Alternative forms === Ben (in other dialects) Bein been, beyn (Dutch Low Saxon, New Saxon Spelling) === Etymology === From Old Saxon bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Cognate with German Bein, English bone. Compare the neuter noun sense "bones, skeleton" to the sense of the Gebein. === Pronunciation === (in many dialects) IPA(key): /bɛɪ̯n/ === Noun === Been n (plural Been or Beenen or Benen or Beener or Bener) (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) leg === Noun === Been n (in some dialects) bone as a material (in some dialects) an indiscriminate number of bones : a skeleton or skeletons === See also === Knaken, Knake Knoken beenen, beene (verb) == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === Inherited from Central Franconian Been. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beːn/ Rhymes: -eːn === Noun === Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenchen or (dated) Bengchen) leg == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Old Saxon bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. === Noun === Been leg == Saterland Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beːn/ Hyphenation: Been Rhymes: -eːn === Etymology 1 === From Old Frisian bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain. Cognates include West Frisian bien and German Bein. ==== Noun ==== Been n (plural Bene) leg ===== Coordinate terms ===== Íerm (“arm”) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Middle Low German bȫne (“ceiling”). Cognates include German Low German Böhn and Plautdietsch Bän. ==== Noun ==== Been m (plural Bene) ceiling attic hard palate === References === Marron C. Fort (2015), “Been”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN