Song

See also: song

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (Sòng).

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Sung

Proper noun

Song

1. (historical) A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan.
2. (historical) A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China.
3. (historical) The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned.
4. A Chinese surname, from Chinese​.
5. A river in China; any of various minor rivers in China.

Synonyms

• (Chinese surname): Soong
• (Chinese rivers): Songjiang, Song Jiang

Translations

Chinese Dynasty & Era

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 宋朝 (sung³ ciu⁴)

  Mandarin: 宋朝 (zh) (Sòng Cháo)

• Japanese: 宋朝 (そうちょう, Sōchō)
• Vietnamese: nhà Tống

Chinese Kingdom

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宋 (zh) (Sòng), 宋朝 (zh) (Sòng Cháo)

• Vietnamese: Tống

Chinese Surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宋 (zh) (Sòng), 松 (zh) (Sōng), 鬆 (zh) (Sōng)

• Vietnamese: Tống

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Song

1. A river in Papua New Guinea

Anagrams

• NGOs, NGSO, Ngos, gons, nogs, snog

---

German

Etymology

From English song. Doublet of inherited Sang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔŋ/
• IPA^(key): /zɔŋ/ (some speakers; chiefly dated)

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

Song m (genitive Songs, plural Songs)

1. (colloquial) a song of modern popular music

Declension

Declension of Song

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Song	die	Songs
genitive	eines	des	Songs	der	Songs
dative	einem	dem	Song	den	Songs
accusative	einen	den	Song	die	Songs

Hyponyms

• Instrumentalsong

See also

• Lied
• Musikstück, Stück

Further reading

• “Song” in Duden online