Schoon
See also: schoon
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the German and Dutch surname, from a nickname meaning beautiful, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī.
Proper noun
[edit]Schoon (plural Schoons)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Schoon is the 19425th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1391 individuals. Schoon is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.
Anagrams
[edit]Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī; see also English sheen.
Noun
[edit]Schoon m
- (Uri) brightening, especially of the sky
References
[edit]- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 25.
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- English terms derived from German
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- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German nouns
- Alemannic German masculine nouns
- Urner Alemannic German