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schon

"schon" means "already" in German. It is number 54 on the frequency list, in A1 (adv).

Meaning

already

IPA

/ʃoːn/

Level

A1

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• Schon gut!
  That's all right.
  Tatoeba: raggione / gleki
• Schon da?
  There yet?
  Tatoeba: Melang / ifethereal
• Er ist schon da.
  He's already here.
  Tatoeba: MUIRIEL / Lindoula

Learned together

In the course, "schon" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• mal once
• jetzt now
• dann then, after that
• aus out of, from
• wo where
• bitte please, if you please
• immer always
• warum why
• los go!

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