schonend
German, adjective
schonend is spelled S-C-H-O-N-E-N-D (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schonend is a German adjective meaning “gentle, mild” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of schonen. With an umlaut, schönend is a different word: “present participle of schönen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Sorgfalt”.
What does schonend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gentle, mild
- 2
considerate
- 3
indulgent
verb
- 1
present participle of schonen
verb
- 1
present participle of schönen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Sorgfalt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of schonend
- schonender masculine nominative singular
- am schonendsten superlative
- schonende feminine nominative singular
- schonendes neuter nominative singular
- schonenden genitive masculine singular
- schonendem dative masculine singular
- der schonende definite includes-article masculine
- die schonende definite feminine includes-article
- das schonende definite includes-article neuter
- die schonenden definite includes-article nominative
- des schonenden definite genitive includes-article
- der schonenden definite feminine genitive
- dem schonenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is schonend in German?
schonend appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).