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]

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• 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

• Often used in calques of French terms for in-laws, e.g. schoonvader, schoonzoon.

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

• opschonen
• schonen
• schoonmaken
• verschonen

beautiful

• beeldschoon
• schone
• schone kunsten
• schoonbroer
• schoonbrus
• schoondochter
• schoonfamilie
• schoonheid
• schoonmoeder
• schoonspringen
• schoonvader
• schoonzoon
• schoonzus
• wonderschoon

Descendants

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

Noun

schoon n (uncountable, no diminutive)

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.

Derived terms

• duizendschoon
• zielenschoon
• zilverschoon

Conjunction

schoon

1. (archaic) although

Derived terms

• ofschoon