Swedish adjective · noun· top 1,000 most common

skön

comfortable, nice, lovely, pretty/ɧøːn/

skön as an adjective

Meaning

comfortable; nice; lovely; pretty; beautiful; pleasant; agreeable

In Swedish: mycket vacker

Forms

Forms of skön
Basic form	skön	with en-words
Neuter	skönt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	sköna	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	skönare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	skönast	“-est”, “most …”

skön as a noun(ett skön)

Meaning

liking, preference, arbitration

Forms

Forms of skön
Singular, indefinite	ett skön
Singular, definite	skönet

skön is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort skön, det stora skönet. Check another noun

Practise skön

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What does skön mean?

skön in a sentence

sköna kvinnor
beautiful women
skön musik
beautiful music
sköna sommardagar
glorious summer days
en skön stol
a comfortable chair
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?
Soffan är skön att sitta i
The sofa is comfortable to sit in
Det är/känns så skönt när du masserar mig
It feels so nice when you give me a massage
efter eget skön
according to one's own preference

Questions

What does skön mean in English?

skön means “comfortable, nice”.

Is it en skön or ett skön?

It is ett skön, and “the liking” is skönet.

Similar words

förtjusandevackerfagervälbehagligangenäm

Origin

From Old Swedish skyn, from Old Norse skyn.

Nearby common words

skön is number 826 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

822egna own, own; plural of egen
823slåss fight
824tanke thought
825röst voice, vote
827lura fool, trick
828fart rate, speed
829lukta smell
830själ soul, spirit

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary