Schöner

Schöner is the comparative form of the German adjective schön, meaning “more beautiful.” It is used to compare beauty or pleasantness between two or more things and can appear in various grammatical positions.

In attributive use before a noun, the form of the adjective changes according to article, gender and case. With an indefinite article, masculine nominative is ein schöner Mann; feminine is eine schöne Frau; neuter is ein schönes Auto. With a definite article, the positive degree takes the form der schöne Mann, die schöne Frau, das schöne Auto. The comparative with a definite article appears as der schönere Mann, die schönere Frau, das schönere Auto.

The superlative is am schönsten (e.g., der am schönsten geschmückte Raum).

Schöner can also appear predicatively after forms of sein, werden or bleiben: Der Garten ist schöner geworden. In such cases it functions as a predicate adjective describing a higher degree of beauty.

Noun usage and surnames: In German, Schöne or der Schöne can be used as a substantive meaning “the beautiful one” or as a surname. The form Schöner as a noun is rare but can appear in names or headings.

Etymology: Schöner is the inflected comparative of schön, whose root goes back to historical Germanic forms meaning “beautiful.” The word is used across standard German in written and spoken language. See also schön and the related superlative am schönsten.