schonen

• schoonen (obsolete)

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From Middle Dutch schônen. By surface analysis, schoon (“clean”) +‎ -en.

schonen

1. (transitive, rare) to clean

   Synonyms: schoonmaken, reinigen, opschonen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

schonen

1. plural of schone

schonen

1. (archaic) inflection of schoon:
   1. masculine accusative/dative singular
   2. neuter dative singular
   3. dative plural

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

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

1. (transitive) to spare (not harm)
   1. (intransitive, archaic) [with genitive ‘something/someone’]
      • 2005 [1923], Heinz Welten, Nitokris: Die Priesterin der Istar. Babylon I, Paderborn, Germany: Voltmedia GmbH, →ISBN, page 203:

        "Tritt zurück! Deines Lebens will ich dich versichern."
        Nebukadnezar blieb stehen. "Mein Leben gilt mir nichts in einem verstümmelten Körper."
        "Dann will ich auch deines Leibes schonen."

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (reflexive) to rest, to avoid overexertion

• geschont
• Schonen
• Schonung
• schonend
• verschonen

• → Kashubian: szónowac
• → Lower Sorbian: šonowaś
• → Upper Sorbian: šonować

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

From schône +‎ -en.

schônen

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: schonen
• Limburgish: sjoeane

From Old Norse Skáney.

schonen n

1. Scania (a region)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

schônen

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

• “sconen (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schonen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schonen (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III

• schone, schoune, shone, shonen, shonnen, sunen
• sceonien, schunien, scunien (Early Middle English); shunenn (Ormulum)
• schonne, shonne, shunnen (Late Middle English); schine, schony, shenye, shony (Late Middle English, West Midlands)
• schonye (Southern, West Midlands)

Inherited from Old English sċunian, sċynian, of unclear origin; possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- and ultimately identical to Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunāti, “to cover”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃunən/
• IPA^(key): /ʃyːn/ (Northern; with open-syllable lengthening)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃyniː/ (Southern, West Midlands; from Old English sċynian)

schonen (third-person singular simple present schoneth, present participle schonende, schonynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle schoned)

1. To avoid, spurn or eschew:
   1. To refuse or deny; to spurn a request.
   2. To abandon or desert; to avoid being near.
   3. To flee or escape; to avoid a threat.
   4. To shrink back in fear.
2. To view negatively:
   1. To fear; to be scared of.
   2. To despise or revile; to view contemptuously.
3. To protect against; to be wary of.

• English: shun
• Middle Scots: schune, schunne
  • Scots: shun
• ⇒? Middle English: schonten, schonte, schount, schunt, shontt, shunt
  • English: shunt (see there for further descendants)

• “shǒnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.