Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
schuunste
English translation:
de mooiste stad ter wereld
Added to glossary by
Jennifer Barnett
Jan 19, 2023 09:22
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Dutch term
France
Cultural heritage, visual arts, food
Native in: English 
Works in: Dutch to English, English
schuunste
Non-PRO
Dutch to English
Other
Slang
Belgian Dutch
As in 'de schuunste stad ter wereld'.
Belgian/Flemish
Text about tourism.
Belgian/Flemish
Text about tourism.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | de mooiste stad ter wereld |
Etienne Muylle Wallace
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| 3 +3 | the most beautiful |
Erzsébet Czopyk
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Change log
Jan 19, 2023 11:14: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "idiom" to "Belgian Dutch"
Proposed translations
+1
9 mins
Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Spain
Native in Dutch
Spain
QUICK SERVICE AND PERSONAL CONTROL
Native in: Dutch 
, French
Works in: French to Catalan, French to Flemish, French to Spanish, and 24 more.
Selected
de mooiste stad ter wereld
schoonste in Dutch could refer to 'cleanest', and the idea here is the most beautiful, with the 'written dialect' of some areas in Belgium
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Comment: "Thank you"
+3
9 mins
Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Hungary
Hungary
sworn translator, linguist, DPO
Native in: Hungarian (Variant: Hungary)
Works in: Russian to Hungarian, Hungarian to Russian, Latvian to Russian, and 10 more.
the most beautiful
FOUND INSIDE – PAGE 13
Even today, Salatigans still refer, with pride, to a title that the Dutch government once gave to the city: De Schoonste Stad van Midden-Java, or “the most beautiful city in Central Java.” Salatiga's colonial and European character in ..
Entangled Pieties: Muslim-Christian Relations and Gendered Sociality in Java
https://books.google.hu/books?id=YZ4vDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=de ...
As a linguist, logically: schön=>schuun; die schönste=>schuunste
From Old Dutch scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.
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Note added at 14 perc (2023-01-19 09:37:24 GMT)
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related to EN sheen (beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schone
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Note added at 17 perc (2023-01-19 09:40:13 GMT)
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Is your city Salatiga?
Even today, Salatigans still refer, with pride, to a title that the Dutch government once gave to the city: De Schoonste Stad van Midden-Java, or “the most beautiful city in Central Java.” Salatiga's colonial and European character in ..
Entangled Pieties: Muslim-Christian Relations and Gendered Sociality in Java
https://books.google.hu/books?id=YZ4vDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=de ...
As a linguist, logically: schön=>schuun; die schönste=>schuunste
From Old Dutch scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.
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Note added at 14 perc (2023-01-19 09:37:24 GMT)
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related to EN sheen (beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schone
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Note added at 17 perc (2023-01-19 09:40:13 GMT)
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Is your city Salatiga?
Note from asker:
| Thank you! I though 'beautiful' was probably correct, but wanted to be sure. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Barend van Zadelhoff
5 mins
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Echt heel erg bedankt!
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| agree |
Marijke Singer
17 mins
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| agree |
Cillie Swart
: seems plausible, thanks for sharing
2 hrs
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Discussion
(schoonste -- mooiste)
https://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/dialect-vertaler.php?woord=sc...