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adjective

schön

/ʃˈøːn/

beautiful, nice, or pleasant

Definitions

  1. 1

    Beautiful or attractive in appearance

    “Sie trägt heute Abend ein sehr schönes Kleid zur Party.”

    She is wearing a very beautiful dress to the party tonight.

  2. 2

    Nice, pleasant, or good (of experiences, weather, situations)

    “Wir hatten am Wochenende wirklich schönes Wetter in den Bergen.”

    We had really nice weather in the mountains over the weekend.

  3. 3

    Used ironically to express annoyance or disapproval

    “Na, das ist ja schön, jetzt haben wir den Zug verpasst.”

    Well, that's just great, now we've missed the train.

Word forms

Usage
As an attributive adjective it takes endings depending on case, gender, and article (e.g. 'ein schöner Tag', 'die schöne Frau'); the base form 'schön' shown here is used predicatively, e.g. 'Das ist schön.'

Very common and versatile word; also used in polite phrases like 'schön, dass du da bist' (nice that you're here) and can be used ironically to mean the opposite of pleasant.