Been

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

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Bään (eastern Moselle Franconian, except Westerwald)
• Bein (Kölsch; Westerwald)

Etymology

From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą, from *bainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

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)

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• peen (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

From Central Franconian Been, from Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą, from *bainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːn/
• Rhymes: -eːn
• Syllabification: Been

Noun

Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenche)

1. leg (lower limb from groin to ankle)
   • 2022 November, Naye Testamënt Tswaayxproochich [Bilingual New Testament], Barueri: Sociedade Bíblica do Brasil, →ISBN, Yohan 19:33:

     Awer, wii se ticht an Yeesus khom sin, hon se kesiin tas tee xon toot waar un hon tëm sayn peen net ferproch.

     But, when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Central Franconian Been, from Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą, from *bainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːn/
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenchen or Bengchen)

1. leg

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Old Saxon bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Noun

Been

1. leg

Saterland Frisian

Two Bene (1).

n Been (2.1).

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)

1. 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)

1. ceiling
2. attic
3. hard palate

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Been”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN