Noun: peen
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like peen
scheen,
bombeen,
linkerbeen,
wijnsteen,
penteen,
fenomeen,
klappersteen,
maalsteen,
Helleen,
Armeen,
schoorsteen,
epifenomeen,
zonneleen,
maansteen,
dijbeen,
zoemsteen,
niersteen,
rechterbeen,
hagelsteen,
bruikleen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Originally the plural of pee, perhaps from Middle Dutch *pede, with plural peden (with a single attestation), of uncertain origin. Compare schoen and teen, also originally plurals but later singulars. Proposed cognates include English pith and French pied. See: English Nouns '
pith', French Nouns '
pied'.
Verbs referencing "peen"
English Nouns
pith.
Translations