Schoner
German, noun
Schoner is spelled S-C-H-O-N-E-R (7 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written German, the 1,972nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schoner is a German masculine noun meaning “a covering (or other device) by which something is protected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Schöner is a different word: “A native or resident of Schön”. On this page, schöner is a different word: “comparative degree of schön”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zweimastiges Segelschiff. Unterteilung in den Gaffelschoner, welcher nur Gaffel- und Stagsegel führt, sowie…”.
What does Schoner mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea covering (or other device) by which something is protected
noun
- 1
masculineschooner (kind of sailing ship)
noun
- 1
masculineA native or resident of Schön
adjective
- 1
of Schön
adjective
- 1
comparative degree of schön
- 2
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 3
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 4
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zweimastiges Segelschiff. Unterteilung in den Gaffelschoner, welcher nur Gaffel- und Stagsegel führt, sowie den Rahschoner, welcher Rahen am vordersten Mast aufweist
noun: 1. Gegenstand oder Vorrichtung, womit etwas geschützt werden soll
noun: 1. schöne Person
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 Schoner
- Schoners genitive
- Schonern dative definite plural
- Schooner alternative
- Schuner alternative
- Schöners genitive
- Schönerin feminine
- Schönern dative definite plural
- Schöne feminine
- Schönen genitive singular
- Schönem dative singular
- der Schöne nominative singular
- die Schönen nominative plural
- des Schönen genitive singular
- der Schönen genitive plural
- dem Schönen dative singular
- den Schönen dative plural
- ein Schöner nominative singular
- keine Schönen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schoner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schoner in German?
Schoner appears 43 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).