schöntrinken
German, verb[ˈʃøːnˌtʁɪŋkn̩]
schöntrinken is spelled S-C-H-Ö-N-T-R-I-N-K-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written German, the 488,905th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schöntrinken is a German verb meaning “synonym of schönsaufen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch Alkoholkonsum versuchen erträglicher zu machen, sich durch Trinken einen Sachverhalt schönfärben”.
What does schöntrinken mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialsynonym of schönsaufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch Alkoholkonsum versuchen erträglicher zu machen, sich durch Trinken einen Sachverhalt schönfärben
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 schöntrinken
- trinkt schön present singular third-person
- trank schön past
- schöngetrunken participle past
- tränke schön past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- schöntrinkend participle present
- schönzutrinken infinitive infinitive-zu
- trinke schön first-person indicative present
- trinken schön first-person indicative plural
- trinkst schön indicative present second-person
- trinkest schön second-person singular subjunctive
- trinket schön plural second-person subjunctive
- tranken schön first-person indicative plural
- tränken schön first-person formal plural
- trankst schön indicative preterite second-person
- trankt schön indicative plural preterite
- tränkest schön formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schöntrinken?
- [ˈʃøːnˌtʁɪŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schöntrinken in German?
schöntrinken appears about once in every 63 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).