formschön
German, adjective[ˈfɔʁmˌʃøːn]
formschön is spelled F-O-R-M-S-C-H-Ö-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formschön is a German adjective meaning “shapely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von (sehr) angenehmer, gefälliger Gestalt, angewendet vorwiegend im Bereich Design auf handwerklich und…”.
What does formschön mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shapely
- 2
elegant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von (sehr) angenehmer, gefälliger Gestalt, angewendet vorwiegend im Bereich Design auf handwerklich und industriell gefertigte Produkte des täglichen Bedarfs und ganz allgemein auf Einrichtungsgegenstände
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of formschön
- formschöner masculine nominative singular
- am formschönsten superlative
- formschöne feminine nominative singular
- formschönes neuter nominative singular
- formschönen genitive masculine singular
- formschönem dative masculine singular
- der formschöne definite includes-article masculine
- die formschöne definite feminine includes-article
- das formschöne definite includes-article neuter
- die formschönen definite includes-article nominative
- des formschönen definite genitive includes-article
- der formschönen definite feminine genitive
- dem formschönen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formschön?
- [ˈfɔʁmˌʃøːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is formschön in German?
formschön appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).