Schonen

See also: schonen, schönen, and Schönen

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare German Schonen. Probably ultimately from Old Norse Skáney.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsxoː.nə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Scho‧nen
  • Rhymes: -oːnən

Proper noun

Schonen n

  1. (dated, historical) Scania (a former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula)

Derived terms

German

Etymology 1

See schonen

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schonen n (strong, genitive Schonens, no plural)

  1. gerund of schonen
Declension
Declension of Schonen [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Schonen
genitive eines des Schonens
dative einem dem Schonen
accusative ein das Schonen

Etymology 2

From Old Frankish *Sconaowe, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō.

Proper noun

Schonen n (proper noun, strong, genitive Schonens)

  1. Scania (a former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula)
  2. Skåne, Scania (a county in southern Sweden)
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