schonen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schōnen, akin to the adjective schön.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]schonen (weak, third-person singular present schont, past tense schonte, past participle geschont, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to spare (not harm)
- (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)
- (intransitive, archaic) [with genitive ‘something/someone’]
- (reflexive) to rest, to avoid overexertion
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | schonen | ||||
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present participle | schonend | ||||
past participle | geschont | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schone | wir schonen | i | ich schone | wir schonen |
du schonst | ihr schont | du schonest | ihr schonet | ||
er schont | sie schonen | er schone | sie schonen | ||
preterite | ich schonte | wir schonten | ii | ich schonte1 | wir schonten1 |
du schontest | ihr schontet | du schontest1 | ihr schontet1 | ||
er schonte | sie schonten | er schonte1 | sie schonten1 | ||
imperative | schon (du) schone (du) |
schont (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “schonen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schonen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schonen” in Duden online
- “schonen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]schônen
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]schonen n
- Scania (a region)
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]schônen
Further reading
[edit]- “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
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