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

Inherited from Middle High German sunne.

Noun

Sonn f (plural Sonne, diminutive Sönnche or Sennche)

1. (most dialects) sun
   • 1997, “Dat Hätz vun d’r Welt (Remake)”‎^[1]performed by De Höhner:

     Dat Hätz vun der Welt, jo dat es Kölle.
     Dat Hätz vun der Welt, dat steiht am Rhing.
     Es och der Himmel öfters jrau un et Sönnche schingk jet mau,
     Doch die Kölsche hann em Hätze Sonnesching.

     The heart of the world, yeah that’s Cologne.
     The heart of the world stands on the Rhine.
     May the sky be often grey and the sun shine rather poorly,
     But Colognians have sunshine in their hearts.

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Sunn, Sonn
• Luxembourgish: Sonn

Etymology 2

From Old High German sun.

Noun

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

1. (most dialects) son

   Synonym: (more common) Jong

   • 1974, “Rof mer ens e Taxi”‎^[2]performed by Bläck Fööss:

     Op dä Kinddäuf vun däm Mattes singem Sonn
     Kunnt ich mingen Onkel Schäng nit mieh verstonn.
     Denn dä Onkel Schäng, dä danzte wie noch nie.
     Doch op eimol däten däm de Föß jet wieh.

     At the baptism party for Matthew’s son
     I couldn’t understand my Uncle John.
     Because Uncle John danced like never before,
     But at some point his feet started to hurt.

Alternative forms

• Sunn (rarer variant)

Descendants

• Luxembourgish: Sonn

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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]‎^[3], 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

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Sonn”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), 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

Inherited from Central Franconian Sonn. 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

Etymology

From Middle Low German sunne, sonne, from Old Saxon sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā.

Noun

Sonn f (plural Sonnen)

1. sun

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• Sindach
• Sinnowent

See also

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

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words