sonne

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See also: Sonne and sonné

English

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Noun

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sonne (plural sonnes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of son.
  2. Obsolete spelling of sun.

Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Verb

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sonne

  1. inflection of sonner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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The usage of this term for plurals stems from the similarity or identity of female singular and (gender-unspecific) plural declensions in German grammar.

Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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sonne

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of so eine (such a). (so, ein)
  2. Ungrammatical synonym of solch in plural.
    Wer macht denn sonne Sachen?
    Who would do such things?

Etymology 2

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Verb

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sonne

  1. inflection of sonnen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ.

Noun

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sonne f

  1. sun
  2. sunshine, sunlight

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: zon
    • Afrikaans: son
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: sono
    • Jersey Dutch: zon
    • Negerhollands: son, zon
    • Sranan Tongo: son (see there for further descendants)
  • Limburgish: zón
  • West Flemish: zunne
  • Zealandic: zunne

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ.

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Noun

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sonne (plural sonnes)

  1. The brightest and warmest celestial body, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system; the Sun.
  2. The light and warmth that radiates from the sun; sunlight.
  3. (rare) A heavy, yellow metal; gold.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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sonne

  1. Alternative form of sone (son)