schon
Meaning
-
- already (happening rather early, continuing rather long)
- previously, before (at some time in the past; but not: before a certain event)
- expresses that an action has been completed; already (but more frequent); yet (in questions)
- (modal, particle) expresses a weighing of arguments, contrast between two statements, partial agreement, concession; admittedly; sure(ly); definitely; indeed
- really (as an intensifier)
Concepts
by this time
too late
wis
as early as
Synonyms
sehr wohl
ich muss sagen
in der Zwischenzeit
per se
bei allem Respekt
im voraus
ohnedem
geubt
tuchtig
schon früher
ganz sicher
unabhängig davon
davon abgesehen
wie man es auch dreht und wendet
auch ohne das
bei allem Verständnis
in allen Ehren
in Ehren
zwar jedoch
obwohl:
ganz bestimmt
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
scho
Appenzell Innerrhoden
scho
Aargau
scho
Fribourg
scho
Graubünden
scho
Basel-Landschaft
scho
Lucerne
scho
Appenzell Innerrhoden
sho
Basel-Stadt
scho
Graubünden
schu
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
scho
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃoːn/
Etymology
From Middle High German schōne (“beautifully; appropriately; completely”), from Old High German scōno (“beautifully”), adverb of scōni, whence German schön (“beautiful”). For sense development from "beautiful" to "indeed, surely; already" compare English pretty.
schonen
- (transitive, weak) to spare (not harm)
- (archaic, intransitive, transitive, weak) to spare (not harm)
- (reflexive, weak) to rest, to avoid overexertion
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