lonen

lonen

1. earthquake

• IPA^(key): /ˈloːnə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -oːnən

From Middle Dutch lônen, from Old Dutch *lōnon, from Proto-West Germanic *launōn. Equivalent to loon +‎ -en.

lonen

1. (intransitive) to be rewarding, to pay, to be profitable

   Misdaad loont niet.

   Crime doesn't pay.

• belonen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lonen

1. plural of loon

From Old Dutch *lōnon, from Proto-West Germanic *launōn. Equivalent to lôon +‎ -en.

lônen

1. to reward
2. to repay

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• wēderlônen

• Dutch: lonen

• “lonen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lonen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I