verschonen

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === verschoonen (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle Dutch verschônen. By surface analysis, schoon (“clean, pure”) +‎ ver- -en or ver- +‎ schonen (“to clean”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vərˈsxoːnə(n)/ 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. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: skoon Petjo: verschonen == German == === Etymology === ver- +‎ schonen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃoːnən/ 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verschonen Verschoner Verschonung === Further reading === “verschonen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verschonen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verschonen” in Duden online “verschonen” in OpenThesaurus.de