See also: Schonen, schönen, and Schönen

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German schōnen, akin to the adjective schön.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

schonen (weak, third-person singular present schont, past tense schonte, past participle geschont, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to spare (not harm)
  2. (reflexive) to rest, to avoid overexertion

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • schonen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schonen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schonen” in Duden online
  • schonen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology 1 edit

From schône +‎ -en.

Verb edit

schônen

  1. to make/become beautiful, to decorate
  2. to improve, to make/become better
Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit
  • Dutch: schonen
  • Limburgish: sjoeane

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse Skáney.

Noun edit

schonen n

  1. Scania (a region)

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

schônen

  1. inflection of schône:
    1. masculine accusative/dative singular
    2. neuter dative singular
    3. dative plural

Further reading edit