Schoon

Proper noun

Schoon (plural Schoons)

1. A surname​.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schoon is the 19425^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1391 individuals. Schoon is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.

Anagrams

• choons

Etymology

From Old High German scōni (“nice”), from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful, striving”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to percieve, observe”). Cognate with German schön (“nice, beautiful”), German Low German schöön (“beautiful”), Dutch schoon (“beautiful, clean”), English sheen (“radiance”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (skauns, “beautiful”). Non Germanic root as Russian чуять (čujatʹ, “to smell; to feel; to hear”), Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “sage, poet”), Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”), Old Armenian ցոյց (cʿoycʿ, “example, proof”), Latin caveō (“avoid, aware of, prevent”).

Noun

Schoon m

1. (Uri) brightening, especially of the sky

References

• Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 25.