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schoon.

beautiful

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/sxoːn/[sçoːn]Belgium[sχoʊ̯n]

  1. beautiful

    Belgium

  2. clean; cleansed

    Netherlands
Where this word comes from

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

noun/sxoːn/[sçoːn]Belgium[sχoʊ̯n]

  1. beauty

    neuter · no-diminutive · poetic · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

adv/sxoːn/[sçoːn]Belgium[sχoʊ̯n]

  1. cleanly; beautifully

  2. completely, fully, utterly; entirely; quite

    Ik heb schoon genoeg van jou!
Where this word comes from

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

conj/sxoːn/[sçoːn]Belgium[sχoʊ̯n]

  1. although

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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

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