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
• Hyphenation: scho‧ne

Verb

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)

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 use of the present participle is uncommon, 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
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	schône	schône	schône	schône
	Definite	schône		schône
Accusative	Indefinite	schônen	schône	schône	schône
	Definite			schône
Genitive		schôons	schôner	schôons	schôner
Dative		schônen	schôner	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

	nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
	Strong declension
Masculine	schö̂ne	schö̂nen	schö̂nem(e) (schö̂nennote)	schö̂nes
Neuter		schö̂ne
Feminine		schö̂ne	schö̂ner(e)
Plural	schö̂ne		schö̂nen	schö̂ner(e)
	Weak declension
Masculine	schö̂ne	schö̂nen	schö̂nen
Neuter		schö̂ne
Feminine		schö̂nen
Plural	schö̂nen
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