verschonen
Dutch
FWOTD – 5 August 2017
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verschônen. Equivalent to ver- + schoon (“clean, pure”) + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈsxoːnə(n)/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -oːnən
Verb
verschonen
- (transitive) to change, to replace with a clean piece of the same thing
- Ik verschoon mijn lakens regelmatig. ― I change my bedsheets regularly.
- (transitive, figuratively) to excuse, pardon
- (transitive, obsolete) to withhold, to fail to use or employ
- 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 4.
- Lijf en goed altezamen / heb ik u niet verschoond;
- 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 4.
Inflection
| Inflection of verschonen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verschonen | |||
| past singular | verschoonde | |||
| past participle | verschoond | |||
| infinitive | verschonen | |||
| gerund | verschonen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verschoon | verschoonde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verschoont | verschoonde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verschoont | verschoonde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verschoont | verschoonde | ||
| 3rd person singular | verschoont | verschoonde | ||
| plural | verschonen | verschoonden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verschone | verschoonde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verschonen | verschoonden | ||
| imperative sing. | verschoon | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verschoont | |||
| participles | verschonend | verschoond | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: skoon
- Petjo: verschonen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃoːnən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧scho‧nen
Verb
verschonen (weak, third-person singular present verschont, past tense verschonte, past participle verschont, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to spare (from harm, trouble etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of verschonen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | verschonen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verschonend | ||||
| past participle | verschont | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verschone | wir verschonen | i | ich verschone | wir verschonen |
| du verschonst | ihr verschont | du verschonest | ihr verschonet | ||
| er verschont | sie verschonen | er verschone | sie verschonen | ||
| preterite | ich verschonte | wir verschonten | ii | ich verschonte1 | wir verschonten1 |
| du verschontest | ihr verschontet | du verschontest1 | ihr verschontet1 | ||
| er verschonte | sie verschonten | er verschonte1 | sie verschonten1 | ||
| imperative | verschon (du) verschone (du) |
verschont (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verschonen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Verschonen
- Verschoner
- Verschonung
Further reading
- “verschonen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verschonen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verschonen” in Duden online
- “verschonen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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