Noun: zoon
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
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Mijn zoon gaat volgend jaar naar de universiteit. (My son is going to the university next year.)
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Ze heeft drie zonen en een dochter. (She has three sons and one daughter.)
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Haar zoontje speelde in de tuin met zijn vriendjes. (Her little son was playing in the garden with his friends.)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *sew-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *sewH-
4. Proto-Indo-European *suHnús
5. Proto-Germanic *sunuz
6. Proto-West Germanic *sunu
7. Old Dutch *sunu, suno
8. Middle Dutch sōne
9. Dutch zoon
10. From Middle Dutch sōne, from Old Dutch suno, from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.
Verbs referencing "zoon"
Old English Nouns
sunu, German Nouns
Sohn.
Translations