skön

See also: skon, skoen, and skøn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skön, from Middle Low German schö̂ne, from Old Saxon skōni, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful, shining”). compare German schön

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /ɧøːn/

Adjective

skön (comparative skönare, superlative skönast)

  1. beautiful, fair
    Spegel, spegel på väggen där, säg vem som skönast i landet är?
    Mirror, mirror on the wall, who in the land is fairest of all?
  2. comfortable (providing comfort and ease; agreeable)

Declension
Inflection of skön
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skön skönare skönast
Neuter singular skönt skönare skönast
Plural sköna skönare skönast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sköne skönare skönaste
All sköna skönare skönaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Noun

skön n

  1. liking, preference, arbitration
    efter eget skön
    according to one's own preference

Declension
Declension of skön 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative skön skönet — —
Genitive sköns skönets — —
  • skönsvärde
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