skön

See also: skon, skoen, and skøn

Swedish

From Old Swedish skön, from Middle Low German schö̂ne, from Old Saxon skōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful, shining”), related to *skuþōną, which yielded skåda (“to watch, to behold”). Compare German schön, English sheen, Danish skøn.

skön (comparative skönare, superlative skönast)

fair, beautiful
Synonym: vacker

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?
(literally, “Mirror, mirror on that wall, tell me: who in the land is the fairest?”)
comfortable, pleasurable
Synonyms: angenäm, mysig

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
(slang) easy-going, cool, funny (charming, usually in a laid-back way)
en skön snubbe
a cool, easy-going guy

Inflection of skön
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	skön	skönare	skönast
Neuter singular	skönt	skönare	skönast
Plural	sköna	skönare	skönast
Masculine plural³	sköne	skönare	skönast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	sköne	skönare	skönaste
All	sköna	skönare	skönaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

From Old Swedish skyn, from Old Norse skyn. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

skön n (uncountable)

liking, preference, arbitration
Synonym: gottfinnande

efter eget skön ― according to one's own preference

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