schon
beautiful / nice
Means 'beautiful', 'pretty', or just 'nice'. Very versatile — 'schön warm' (nicely warm), 'schönes Wetter' (nice weather), 'das Schöne' (beauty, the beautiful).
Example Sentences
Das Wetter ist heute schön.
The weather is nice today.
Die Stadt ist sehr schön.
The city is very beautiful.
Schön, dich zu sehen!
Nice to see you!
Common Mistakes
Forgetting the Umlaut: writing 'schon' instead of 'schön'
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