schone

See also: Schone, schöne, and Schöne

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxoː.nə/

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• Hyphenation: scho‧ne

Adjective

schone

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

Noun

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

1. a beauty, beau/belle

Synonyms

• (beauty): schoonheid

Anagrams

• schoen

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

schone

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

Hunsrik

Etymology

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.

Cognate with German schonen.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

schone [with accusative]

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

Conjugation

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 present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

schône

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

Inflection

Adjective

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
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

Alternative forms

• scône

Derived terms

• schônen

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

schône f

1. beauty

Inflection

Weak feminine

	singular	plural
nominative	schône	schônen
accusative	schône	schônen
genitive	schônen	schônen
dative	schône, schônen	schônen

Further reading

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

Middle English

Verb

schone

1. Alternative form of schun

Middle Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

schö̂ne

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

Declension

Declension of schone

	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
	Strong declension
nominative	schö̂ne			schö̂ne
accusative	schö̂nen	schö̂ne	schö̂ne
dative	schö̂nem(e) (schö̂nennote)		schö̂ner(e)	schö̂nen
genitive	schö̂nes			schö̂ner(e)
	Weak declension
nominative	schö̂ne			schö̂nen
accusative	schö̂nen	schö̂ne	schö̂nen
dative	schö̂nen
genitive

The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Descendants

• 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