schunn

Central Franconian

Adverb

schunn

  1. (Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) already
    • 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 4:
      Tobich Mensch! watt brauchste so se brille? / ’diß nau ähmol annerscht nitt mei Wille, / Unn eich honn Der’t jo schunn lang gesaht:
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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German schon.

Adverb

schunn

  1. already
    • 2002, C. Richard Beam, Revised Pennsylvania Dictionary, page 50:
      Hoscht du schunn gesse?
      Have you already eaten?
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