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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)

  1. (dated, poetic) fair, beautiful
    Synonym: vacker

    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?”)
  2. 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
  3. (slang) easy-going, cool, funny (charming, usually in a laid-back way)

    en skön snubbe

    a cool, easy-going guy

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)

  1. liking, preference, arbitration
    Synonym: gottfinnande
    efter eget skön ― according to one's own preference