schoen

From Middle Dutch schoe, from Old Dutch skuo, from Proto-West Germanic *skōh, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz. The original Middle Dutch plural was schoen, which was reanalysed as a singular form.

• IPA^(key): /sxun/

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• Hyphenation: schoen
• Rhymes: -un

schoen m (plural schoenen, diminutive schoentje n)

1. shoe (footwear)

• patta

• Afrikaans: skoen
• Berbice Creole Dutch: skun
• Negerhollands: skoen, skun, skon, skuen
• Skepi Creole Dutch: skun

• schone

schoen (strong nominative masculine singular schoener, comparative schoener, superlative am schoensten)

1. Nonstandard spelling of schön used in some older texts and when technical limitations prevent the use of umlauts.

schoen (comparative schoener, superlative am schoensten)

1. Nonstandard spelling of schön used in some older texts and when technical limitations prevent the use of umlauts.

schoen

1. Alternative form of schon (“to shoe”)