schoon

See also: Schoon and schöön

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schône, from Old Dutch scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sxoːn/, (Belgium) [sçoːn], (Holland) [sχoʊ̯n]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: schoon
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Adjective

schoon (comparative schoner, superlative schoonst)

  1. (now chiefly Belgium) beautiful
    Synonyms: aantrekkelijk, fraai, knap, mooi
  2. (Netherlands) clean; cleansed
    Synonyms: kuis, net, proper, rein, zuiver

Usage notes

Declension

Declension of schoon
uninflected schoon
inflected schone
comparative schoner
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial schoon schoner het schoonst
het schoonste
indefinite m./f. sing. schone schonere schoonste
n. sing. schoon schoner schoonste
plural schone schonere schoonste
definite schone schonere schoonste
partitive schoons schoners —

Derived terms

clean
beautiful

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: skoon
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: skono
  • Jersey Dutch: sxôn
  • Negerhollands: skoon
  • Petjo: schoon

Noun

schoon n (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) beauty
    • 1894, Willem Kloos, “Van de Zee”, in Verzen:
      De Zee is als mijn Ziel, in wezen en verschijning,
      Zij is een levend Schoon en kent zichzelve niet.
      The sea is like my soul, in essence and likeness,
      She is a living beauty and does not know herself.

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Conjunction

schoon

  1. (archaic) although

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