køn.
sex (the biological division in male and female individuals)
Meaning & usage
sex (the biological division in male and female individuals)
gender (the social identity of male, female or other)
gender (division of nouns and adjectives etc. into classes)
private parts, genitals
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse kyn (“kin”), from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, descent”). Cognate with Swedish kön, Norwegian Bokmål kjønn, English kin, Latin genus and Ancient Greek γένος (génos).
pretty
good-looking
nice, fine
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse kœnn (“skilled, capable”), from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“clever”). Cognate with English keen and German kühn (“daring”).
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