kween

English

Etymology

From queen.

Noun

kween (plural kweens or kweenz)

1. (LGBTQ slang) A queen.
   • 2019 June 17, Chloe Metzger, “Zendaya Dyed Her Hair Red and Fans Are Freaking Out”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     Zendaya, Our Kween Who Art in Heaven, just dyed her hair red while on a press tour for Spider-Man: Far From Home, and it’s quite literally breaking the internet right now (so, like, get your Instagram stalking done fast, because the internet might not be here in the morning).

   • 2019 June 1, Jennifer Hyland, “Kim Kardashian revealed as British ROYALTY as her family tree is traced”, in Mirror‎^[2]:

     Kim Kardashian is British royalty - all hail the Kween!

   • 2019 June, Lizzy Rosenberg, “Kim Kardashian Is Trying to Become a Lawyer — Without Going to Law School”, in Distractify‎^[3]:

     Let's face it: the Los Angeles beauty kween is undeniably talented, and recently, Kim expressed interest in studying for the bar exam to become a lawyer.

2. (humorous) Pronunciation spelling of queen.

Anagrams

• Wenke

Dutch

Alternative forms

• kwee

Etymology

From Middle Dutch quene (“wife, woman”), from Old Dutch kwena, from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Cognate with English quean, archaic German Queene (“heifer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋeːn/

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• Hyphenation: kween
• Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

kween f (plural kwenen, diminutive kweentje n)

1. barren hermaphrodite cow, mostly female with male traits; (by extension) any infertile hermaphrodite female animal held as livestock
2. (dated) woman past child-bearing age; old woman, crone

Anagrams

• weken