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Queene
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queene Queen E
English
Proper noun
en Queen.
German
Etymology
de gem-pro
From de nds Quene, from de gml quēne old woman, hag, from de osx quena, from de gmw-pro *kwenā woman.
The sense probably developed from “barren cow” (cf. nl kween, also attested in Low German dialects) via “calfless cow” to “young cow”. de Kone, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
de /ˈkveːnə/
Noun
f
de Northern Germany archaic or dialectal heifer young cow that has not calved
de Färse
de 1774 de Justus Claproth Ohnmasgeblicher Versuch eines Gesetzbuches – Erste Fortsetzung welche das Criminal-Recht enthält Frankfurt am Main 9 Ob er nicht gleichfalls dem Hinrich Hüllen zu Stenau [sic] eine Queene von der Weide in Gesellschaft des Inquisiten Hinrichs entwendet? [The defendant should be asked] whether he had not likewise stolen a heifer from Hinrich Hüllen’s pasture in Steinau, Lower Saxony Steinau in the presence of [fellow] defendant Hinrichs.
Declension
f