Sonn

See also: sonn and sønn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sonn.

Proper noun

Sonn (plural Sonns)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sonn is the 41579^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523 individuals. Sonn is most common among White (72.47%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (16.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sonn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Central Franconian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zon/ (etymologies may be distinguished by tone)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German sunne.

Noun

Sonn f (plural Sonne, diminutive Sönnche or Sennche)

1. (most dialects) sun

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Sunn, Sonn
• Luxembourgish: Sonn

Etymology 2

From Old High German sun.

Alternative forms

• Sunn (rarer variant)

Noun

Sonn m (plural Sönn or Senn, diminutive Sönnche or Sennche)

1. (most dialects) son

   Synonym: (more common) Jong

Descendants

• Luxembourgish: Sonn

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Sonn f (genitive Sonn, plural Sonnen)

1. (poetic) Apocopic form of Sonne
   • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎^[1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:

     Warum scheint denn die Sonn auf die Au / So kalt und verdrießlich herab?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: Sonn

Noun

Sonn f (plural Sonne)

1. Alternative form of Sunn

References

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Sonn”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 152, column 2

Limburgish

Proper noun

Sonn f

1. Eupen spelling of Ṣon

Noun

Sonn f (plural Sonne, diminutive Sönnke)

1. Eupen spelling of Ṣon

Luxembourgish

D'Sonn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zon/
• Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

From Central Franconian Sonn, from Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from *sunnô, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with German Sonne, Dutch zon, English sun, Icelandic sunna.

Noun

Sonn f (plural Sonnen)

1. sun

Etymology 2

From Middle High German sun, from Old High German sun, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz. Cognate with German Sohn, Dutch zoon, English son, Icelandic sonur.

Noun

Sonn m (plural Sënn)

1. (archaic) son

   Synonyms: Fils, Jong, Bouf

Plautdietsch

Noun

Sonn f (plural Sonnen)

1. sun

Derived terms

• Sonnoppgank
• Sonnunjagank
• Sonnenstrol
• Sonnvedunklen
• Sonnenlicht
• Sonnenbloom

See also

• Mon (moon)
• Dach (day)
• Wäakj (week)
• Moonat (month)
• Joa (year)

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words