Schönau

German

Etymology

By surface analysis, schön +‎ Au.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃøːnaʊ̯]

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• Hyphenation: Schö‧n‧au

Proper noun

Schönau n (proper noun, genitive Schönaus or (optionally with an article) Schönau)

1. A town in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Official name: Klosterstadt Schönau.
2. A town in Landkreis Lörrach district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Official name: Schönau im Schwarzwald.
3. Any of a number of municipalities and smaller places in Germany, Austria and other European countries.

Declension

Declension of Schönau [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Schönau
genitive	des	Schönaus, Schönau1
dative	dem	Schönau
accusative	das	Schönau

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Schönauer
  • Schönauerin

Related terms

• Schönbach, Schönberg, Schönburg, Schönfels, Schönefeld, Schönborn
• Adenau, Bernau, Dernau, Felsenau, Weisenau, Schwarzenau
• Meinau, Lindau, Reichenau, Schwartau, Steinau

Proper noun

Schönau m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schönaus or (with an article) Schönau, feminine genitive Schönau, plural Schönaus)

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Declension

Declension of Schönau [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Schönau	(eine)	(die)	Schönau	(die)	Schönaus
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Schönaus, Schönau1	(einer)	(der)	Schönau	(der)	Schönaus
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Schönau	(einer)	(der)	Schönau	(den)	Schönaus
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Schönau	(eine)	(die)	Schönau	(die)	Schönaus

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Schön, Schönemann, Schönbach, Schönberg, Schönenborn, Schönefeld
• Arnau, Fernau, Steinau