sonder

See also sonder-, and sönder

Danish

Noun

sonder c

1. plural indefinite of sonde

Verb

sonder or sondér

1. imperative of sondere

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French sonder (“to plumb”), from sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English sund- (“sounding”), as in sundġierd (“sounding-rod”), sundlīne (“sounding-line, lead”), sundrāp (“sounding-rope, lead”), from sund (“ocean, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bh)- (“to be unsteady, swim”). Cognate with Old Norse sund (“swimming; strait, sound”). More at sound.

Verb

sonder

1. (transitive) to probe (test with a probe)
2. (transitive) to probe (test the depth of something)
   1. to sound (use sound waves to establish the depth)
3. (transitive) to probe (look carefully around)
4. (transitive) to probe (ask someone many questions, in order to find something out)
5. (meteorology) to survey and take measurements using a weather balloon
6. to survey (carry out a survey or poll)
7. (intransitive) to dive down

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonder			avoir sondé
gerund		en sondant			en ayant sondé
present participle		sondant
past participle		sondé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	sonde	sondes	sonde	sondons	sondez	sondent
	imperfect	sondais	sondais	sondait	sondions	sondiez	sondaient
	past historic1	sondai	sondas	sonda	sondâmes	sondâtes	sondèrent
	future	sonderai	sonderas	sondera	sonderons	sonderez	sonderont
	conditional	sonderais	sonderais	sonderait	sonderions	sonderiez	sonderaient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	sonde	sondes	sonde	sondions	sondiez	sondent
	imperfect1	sondasse	sondasses	sondât	sondassions	sondassiez	sondassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	sonde	—	sondons	sondez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• sondage
• sonde
• sondé

Anagrams

• endors
• rondes

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin.

Verb

sonder

1. to sound

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Malay

Etymology

From Dutch zonder, from Middle Dutch sonder, from Old Dutch sunder, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz.

Alternative forms

• zonder
• سوندر
• زوندر

Preposition

sonder (Jawi spelling سوندر)

1. (Netherlands, Indonesia) without (not having)

Synonyms

• tanpa / تنڤا
• tidak ada / تيدق اد
• tidak ber- / تيدق بر-