# Been
## 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: /beːn/

### Noun

Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenche)
* (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
* (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: /bɛɪ̯n/

### Noun

Been n (plural Been or Benen or Bener)
* (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) leg

### Noun

Been n
* (in some dialects) bone as a material
* (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: /ˈpeːn/
* Rhymes: -eːn
* Syllabification: Been

### Noun

Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenche)
* leg (lower limb from groin to ankle)
** 2022 November, Naye Testamënt Tswaayxproochich, 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.

### References

* ↑ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Been”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 20, column 2

## 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: /beːn/
** Rhymes: -eːn

### Noun

Been n (plural Been, diminutive Beenchen or Bengchen)
* leg

## Plautdietsch
### Etymology

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

### Noun

Been
* leg

## Saterland Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* 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)
* ceiling
* attic
* hard palate

### References

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