verschonen
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- verschoonen (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch verschônen. By surface analysis, schoon (“clean, pure”) + ver- -en or ver- + schonen (“to clean”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verschonen
- (transitive) to change, to replace with a clean piece of the same thing
- Ik verschoon mijn lakens regelmatig. ― I change my bedsheets regularly.
- (transitive, figuratively) to excuse, pardon
- (transitive, obsolete) to withhold, to fail to use or employ
- 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 4.
- Lijf en goed altezamen / heb ik u niet verschoond;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 4.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of verschonen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | verschonen | |||
past singular | verschoonde | |||
past participle | verschoond | |||
infinitive | verschonen | |||
gerund | verschonen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | verschoon | verschoonde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | verschoont, verschoon2 | verschoonde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | verschoont | verschoonde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | verschoont | verschoonde | ||
3rd person singular | verschoont | verschoonde | ||
plural | verschonen | verschoonden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | verschone | verschoonde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | verschonen | verschoonden | ||
imperative sing. | verschoon | |||
imperative plur.1 | verschoont | |||
participles | verschonend | verschoond | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: skoon
- Petjo: verschonen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verschonen (weak, third-person singular present verschont, past tense verschonte, past participle verschont, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to spare (from harm, trouble etc.)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verschonen | ||||
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present participle | verschonend | ||||
past participle | verschont | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verschone | wir verschonen | i | ich verschone | wir verschonen |
du verschonst | ihr verschont | du verschonest | ihr verschonet | ||
er verschont | sie verschonen | er verschone | sie verschonen | ||
preterite | ich verschonte | wir verschonten | ii | ich verschonte1 | wir verschonten1 |
du verschontest | ihr verschontet | du verschontest1 | ihr verschontet1 | ||
er verschonte | sie verschonten | er verschonte1 | sie verschonten1 | ||
imperative | verschon (du) verschone (du) |
verschont (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verschonen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verschonen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verschonen” in Duden online
- “verschonen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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