schonen

See also: Schonen, schönen, and Schönen

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From schône + -en.

Verb

schônen

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: schonen
  • Limburgish: sjoeane

Etymology 2

From Old Norse Skáney.

Noun

schonen n

  1. Scania (a region)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

schônen

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

Further reading

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