schoon
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Etymology
From Middle Dutch schône, from Old Dutch scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
schoon (comparative schoner, superlative schoonst)
- (now chiefly Belgium) beautiful
- Synonyms: fraai, mooi, knap, prachtig, schitterend
- (Netherlands) clean; cleansed
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
Conjunction
schoon
Derived terms
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