schon

(Engels)

schonen

  1. (transitive, weak) to spare (not harm)
  2. (archaic, intransitive, transitive, weak) to spare (not harm)
  3. (reflexive, weak) to rest, to avoid overexertion

Frequentie

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Dialecten

Zürich

Zürich

scho

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

scho

Aargau

Aargau

scho

Fribourg

Fribourg

scho

Graubünden

Graubünden

scho

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

scho

Luzern

Luzern

scho

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

sho

Bazel-Stad

Bazel-Stad

scho

Graubünden

Graubünden

schu

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

scho

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ʃoːn/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle High German schōne (“beautifully; appropriately; completely”), from Old High German scōno (“beautifully”), adverb of scōni, whence German schön (“beautiful”). For sense development from "beautiful" to "indeed, surely; already" compare English pretty.

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