Afrikaans Word of the Day
skoon
SKOON • adjective — 27th of May, 2026
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Meaning: clean (free from dirt; neat)
Examples
- Die bord is skoon.
(The plate is clean.) - Sy het 'n skoon hemp aangetrek.
(She put on a clean shirt.) - Hulle vee die tafel skoon.
(They wipe the table clean.)
Synonyms
- netjies
- rein
Skoon is used like English 'clean' to describe something free of dirt or neat. It can appear before a noun (a clean shirt) or after a linking verb (the room is clean). To talk about the action of cleaning, Afrikaans often combines skoon with a verb to form a compound (e.g., skoonmaak). Skoon can also be used figuratively (a 'clean' outcome or record).
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