verschonen

Dutch

FWOTD – 5 August 2017

Etymology

From Middle Dutch verschônen. Equivalent to (deprecated template usage) ver- +‎ schoon (“clean, pure”) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vərˈsxoːnə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːnən

Verb

verschonen

1. (transitive) to change, to replace with a clean piece of the same thing

   Ik verschoon mijn lakens regelmatig. — I change my bedsheets regularly.

2. (transitive, figuratively) to excuse, pardon
3. (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;

Inflection

Conjugation 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

• verschoning

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German

Etymology

ver- +‎ schonen

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

1. to spare

Further reading

• “verschonen” in Duden online