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Central Franconian
Adverb
schunn
- (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:- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German schon.
Adverb
schunn
- already
2002, C. Richard Beam, Revised Pennsylvania Dictionary, page 50:Hoscht du schunn gesse?- Have you already eaten?