schön

A. Adj.

• 1 beautiful; handsome [youth, man] Definition of beautiful in the British & World English dictionary Definition of beautiful in the US English dictionary Translate beautiful | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 (angenehm) pleasant, nice [day, holiday, dream, relaxation, etc.]; fine [weather]; (nett) nice das war eine schöne Zeit = those were wonderful days Definition of pleasant in the British & World English dictionary Definition of pleasant in the US English dictionary Translate pleasant | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

• 3 (gut) good Definition of good in the British & World English dictionary Definition of good in the US English dictionary Translate good | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

• 4 (in Höflichkeitsformeln) schöne Grüße = best wishes recht schönen Dank für … = thank you very much for …

• 5schön! (ugs.) (einverstanden) = OK (coll.); = all right

• 6 (iron.) (leer) schöne Worte = fine[-sounding] words; (schmeichlerisch) = honeyed words

• 7 (ugs.) (beträchtlich) handsome, (coll.) tidy [sum, fortune, profit]; considerable [quantity, distance]; pretty good [pension] Definition of handsome in the British & World English dictionary Definition of handsome in the US English dictionary Translate handsome | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

• 8 (iron.) (unerfreulich) nice (coll. iron.) das sind ja schöne Aussichten! = this is a fine lookout (sing.) (iron.) Definition of nice in the British & World English dictionary Definition of nice in the US English dictionary Translate nice | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

• 9sich schön machen = smarten oneself up

B. adv.

• 1 beautifully Definition of beautifully in the British & World English dictionary Definition of beautifully in the US English dictionary Translate beautifully | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 (angenehm, erfreulich) nicely schön warm/weich/langsam = nice and warm/soft/slow Definition of nicely in the British & World English dictionary Definition of nicely in the US English dictionary Translate nicely | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

• 3 (gut) well Definition of well in the British & World English dictionary Definition of well in the US English dictionary Translate well | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

• 4 (in Höflichkeitsformeln) bitte schön, können Sie mir sagen, … = excuse me, could you tell me …

• 5 (iron.) wie es so schön heißt, wie man so schön sagt = as they say

• 6 (ugs.) (beträchtlich) really; (vor einem Adjektiv) pretty ganz schön arbeiten müssen = have to work jolly hard (Brit. coll.) Definition of really in the British & World English dictionary Definition of really in the US English dictionary Translate really | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

C. Partikel

• bleib schön liegen! = lie there and be good