skön

See also: skon, skoen, and skøn

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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• IPA^(key): /ɧøːn/

AdjectiveEdit

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)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of skön
Indefinite/attributive	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 an attributive role.

Related termsEdit

• försköna
• skönhet

NounEdit

skön n

1. liking, preference, arbitration

   efter eget skön

   according to one's own preference

DeclensionEdit

Declension of skön

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	skön	skönet
genitive	sköns	skönets

Related termsEdit

• skönsvärde