Been

See also: been, beeñ, be·en, and be- -en

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)

1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) leg

   Et es e Wonder, datt du met dä kurte Been su flögg loofe kanns.

   It’s a wonder that you can run so fast with those short legs.

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Been
• Luxembourgish: Been

East Central German

Alternative forms

• Baa

Noun

Been

1. (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

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Ben
• (in other dialects) Bein
• (alternate plural spellings) Beenen, Beener
• been, beyn (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 Benen or Bener)

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) leg

Noun

Been n

1. (in some dialects) bone as a material
2. (in some dialects) an indiscriminate number of bones : a skeleton or skeletons

See also

• Knaken, Knake
• Knoken
• beenen, beene (verb)