how to pronounce schön

/ʃøːn/

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schön is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of schön in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… finde es eben sehr schön dass du ansätze …”

meanings of schön

adjective:

Nice, pleasant.
Beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome.
Good, great, splendid.

adverb:

Nicely.
Well, beautifully.
Really.

schön frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word schön occurs in german on average 511.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.