schone

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxoː.nə/

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• Hyphenation: scho‧ne

schone

1. inflection of schoon:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

schone m or f (plural schonen, diminutive schoontje n)

1. a beauty, beau/belle

• (beauty): schoonheid

• schoen

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schone

1. inflection of schonen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Inherited from Middle High German schōnen, from Old High German skōnnōn, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunōn (*skaunī +‎ *-ōn), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skauniz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. Doublet of scheen and schun.^[1]

Cognate with German schonen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːnə/
• Rhymes: -oːnə
• Hyphenation: scho‧ne

schone(transitive, with accusative)

1. to protect
2. to take care of; to look after
3. to save (to conserve or prevent the wasting of)

Regular
infinitive	schone
participle	geschond
auxiliary	hon
	present indicative	imperative
ich	schone	—
du	schonst	schon
er/sie/es	schond	—
meer	schone	—
deer	schond	schond
sie	schone	—
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

From Old Dutch scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.

schône

1. beautiful
2. shining, bright, glittering
3. clean, not dirty, pure
4. friendly, nice

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	schône	schône	schône	schône
	Definite	schône		schône
Accusative	Indefinite	schônen	schône	schône	schône
	Definite			schône
Genitive	Indefinite	schônes	schônere	schônes	schônere
	Definite	schônes, schônen		schônes, schônen
Dative		schônen	schônere	schônen	schônen

• scône

• schônen

• Dutch: schoon
  • Afrikaans: skoon
  • → West Frisian: skoan
• Limburgish: sjoen, sjoean, sjuun, sjun

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

From Old Dutch scōnī, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skaunį̄.

schône f

1. beauty

Weak feminine
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	schône	schônen
Accusative	schône	schônen
Genitive	schônen	schônen
Dative	schône, schônen	schônen

• “scone (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

schone

1. Alternative form of schun

From Old Saxon skōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. Cognate with English sheen.

• Stem vowel: ö̂²
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /skœːnə/

schö̂ne

1. beautiful, pretty, sheen
2. clear, bright
3. bright, shiny, sheen, shining
4. clean, spotless
5. important, great

• Low German: schöön

  Altmärkisch: schön

  Bremisch: schön (substantivised: (dat) Schöne n)

  Dithmarsisch: schön

  Hamburgisch: scheun

  Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: schön

  Ostfälisch: schöne (schön)

  Westfälisch:

  Lippisch: scheun

  Münsterländisch: schön

  Paderbornisch: schoin

  Ravensbergisch: schåün

  Sauerländisch: schoine, scho̊n

  Westmünsterländisch: schöön

  • Plautdietsch: scheen
• → Old Swedish: skön
  • Swedish: skön
• → Danish: skøn
• → Norwegian Bokmål: skjønn
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: skjønn