schön

• schäin (West Central Bavarian)
• schöln (Southern Bavarian)

Inherited from Middle High German scheln, schelen, from Old High German skelen, skellen, from the noun scala, from Proto-Germanic *skalō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, divide”) or *(s)kel- (“to cover”). Cognate with German schälen and Yiddish שיילן (sheyln).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃœːn/

schön (past participle gschöt) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

1. (transitive) to peel; to pare; to husk; to skin

   Månche Gmiassuatn miassn gschöt wean. ― Some types of vegetables need to be peeled.

2. (reflexive) to peel off

   A Schlångan schöt si aus der oidn Haut. ― Snakes peel off their old skin.

• åschön
• derschön

• Schoin
• Schöler

• schün (native Ripuarian form; dated in many dialects)
• schien (Moselle Franconian)

Inherited from Middle High German schœne, from Old High German scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.

• IPA^(key): /ʃø(ː)n/

schön (masculine schöne, feminine schön, comparative schöner, superlative et schönste)

1. (many dialects of Ripuarian) beautiful; pretty; nice

   Nä, wat es dat schön!

   Oh, how beautiful that is!

Inherited from Middle High German schœne, from Old High German scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.

• IPA^(key): /ʃøːn/

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schön (strong nominative masculine singular schöner, comparative schöner, superlative am schönsten)

1. beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome
   • 1840, Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, Abendlied or Kein schöner Land

     Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit, als hier das unsre weit und breit [...]

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   Der Sonnenuntergang am Strand war wirklich schön. ― The sunset on the beach was really beautiful.

2. good, great, splendid
3. nice, pleasant
   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 78:

     Am liebsten entfloh sie dem allem in den großen Garten. Da verbrachte sie ihre schönsten Stunden.

     She liked best to escape from all of that into the big garden. There she spent her most pleasant hours.

• hässlich, häßlich (pre-1996)
• unschön

• Schöner m, Schöne f, Schönes n

• → Central Franconian: schön, schien
• → Japanese: シャン (shan)

schön

1. well, beautifully
2. really
3. nicely

• “schön” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schön” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schön” in Duden online