"kween" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /kʋeːn/ Audio: Nl-kween.ogg Forms: kwenen [plural], kweentje [diminutive, neuter], kwee [alternative]
Rhymes: -eːn Etymology: From Middle Dutch quene (“wife, woman”), from Old Dutch kwena, from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Cognate with English quean, archaic German Queene (“heifer”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|quene||wife, woman}} Middle Dutch quene (“wife, woman”), {{inh|nl|odt|kwena}} Old Dutch kwena, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*kwenā}} Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*kwenǭ||woman}} Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), {{inh|nl|ine-pro|*gʷḗn||woman}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”), {{cog|en|quean}} English quean, {{cog|de|Queene|t=heifer}} German Queene (“heifer”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} kween f (plural kwenen, diminutive kweentje n)
  1. barren hermaphrodite cow, mostly female with male traits; (by extension) any infertile hermaphrodite female animal held as livestock Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kween-nl-noun-GM-i9Vzp Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. (dated) woman past child-bearing age; old woman, crone Tags: dated, feminine
    Sense id: en-kween-nl-noun-4pJQs0F5
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