Polyglot Dictionary

schon

/ʃoːn/

adverb, particle A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

adve Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. already

  2. reassuring flavour particle, roughly "don't worry"

    spoken

    Softens a statement into reassurance — "Das wird schon" (It'll be fine) — with no literal translation of schon itself.

    • Das schaffst du schon.

      You'll manage, don't worry.

Similar words

bereits

schon is the everyday word for "already"; bereits is a more formal, written equivalent.

Similar in other languages

French

déjà

déjà is the French word for the same thing — both mean "already."

Portuguese

já

já is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "already."

Practice

1 What does schon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich bin ___ fertig.

Opposites

  • noch
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