skön
Swedish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Swedish skön, from Middle Low German schö̂ne, from Old Saxon skōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful, shining”), related to *skuþōną, which yielded skåda (“to watch, to behold”). Compare German schön, English sheen, Danish skøn.
Adjective
editskön (comparative skönare, superlative skönast)
- fair, beautiful
- Synonym: vacker
- en skön mö
- a fair maiden
- Spegel, spegel på väggen där, säg vem som skönast i landet är?
- Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
- (literally, “Mirror, mirror on that wall, tell me: who in the land is the fairest?”)
- comfortable, pleasurable
- (slang) easy-going, cool, funny (charming, usually in a laid-back way)
- en skön snubbe
- a cool, easy-going guy
Declension
editInflection of skön | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skön | skönare | skönast |
Neuter singular | skönt | skönare | skönast |
Plural | sköna | skönare | skönast |
Masculine plural3 | sköne | 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. 3) Dated or archaic |
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Swedish skyn, from Old Norse skyn. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
editskön n (uncountable)
- liking, preference, arbitration
- Synonym: gottfinnande
- efter eget skön ― according to one's own preference
Declension
editDeclension of skön | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | skön | skönet | — | — |
Genitive | sköns | skönets | — | — |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- skön in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skön in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skön in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skön in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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