Schönwetter

German Etymology de :af schön<t:beautiful, nice> Wetter<t:weather> From de schön beautiful, nice Wetter weather. Pronunciation de /ˈʃøːnˌvɛtɐ/ in compounds usually /ˌʃøːnˈvɛtɐ/ de De-Schönwetter.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Schön wet ter Noun n.sg good weather de Ein atlantisches Hochdruckgebiet bringt uns anhaltendes Schönwetter. An Atlantic high-pressure area brings us prolonged good weather. de figurative in compounds fair-weather: unreliable, fickle, unsteady de Schönwetterfreund fair-weather friend de Schönwetterfußballer a moody footballer who only performs when he or his team have a good day Usage notes Chiefly used in longer compounds (e.g. de Schönwetterlage) and occasionally with a preceding adjective (as in the example above). Otherwise the phrases de schönes Wetter or de gutes Wetter are much more common. The compound should be distinguished from de schön Wetter (with stress on de Wetter), which is an informal variant of de schönes Wetter. It occurs especially in the idiom de schön Wetter machen, also de gut Wetter machen, which see. Declension n.sg Derived terms de literal Schönwetterfront Schönwettergebiet Schönwetterlage Schönwetterwolke Schönwetterzone de figurative Schönwetterdemokrat Schönwetterfan Schönwetterfreund Schönwetterfußballer Schönwetteridee Further reading