Sonne

See also: sonne and sonné

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish and German Sonne.

Proper noun

Sonne (plural Sonnes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sonne is the 35395^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 636 individuals. Sonne is most common among White (94.34%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Nones, neons, nones, onsen

German

Die Sonne — The Sun (1)

Sonnenlicht von der Erde aus gesehen. — Sunlight as seen from Earth. (2)

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-, oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥.

Akin to Low German Sünn, Zunne, Dutch zon, English sun, West Frisian sinne, Icelandic sunna. Further Indo-European cognates include Latin sōl, Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya), Russian солнце (solnce), Lithuanian saulė, Welsh haul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔnə/ (prescriptive standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔnɛ/ (Austrian standard)

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• Rhymes: -ɔnə

Proper noun

Sonne f (proper noun, genitive Sonne)

1. (astronomy) the Sun

   Die Sonne ist eine Lichtquelle.

   The Sun is a light source.

Noun

Sonne f (genitive Sonne, plural Sonnen)

1. (astronomy) a sun (a star, especially when being the center of a solar system)

   Synonyms: Stern, Gestirn

   Hypernym: Stern

   Hyponyms: Asteroid, Komet, Planet

2. (uncountable) sunshine, sunlight (the light and warmth we receive on Earth from the sun)

   Synonyms: Sonnenschein, Sonnenlicht

   Wir hatten den ganzen Tag Sonne. ― We had sunshine all day.

   Geh mir aus der Sonne! ― Get lost! (literally, “Move [for] me out of the sunshine!)”)

   Laut Wetterbericht wird es morgen Sonne geben. ― According to the weather forecast there will be sunshine tomorrow.

Declension

Declension of Sonne [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sonne	die	Sonnen
genitive	einer	der	Sonne	der	Sonnen
dative	einer	der	Sonne	den	Sonnen
accusative	eine	die	Sonne	die	Sonnen

Derived terms

• Abendsonne
• Frühlingssonne
• Herbstsonne
• Höhensonne
• Mittagssonne
• Morgensonne
• sonnen
• Sonnenaufgang
• Sonnenbad
• Sonnenblume
• Sonnenbrand
• Sonnenbrille
• Sonnencreme
• Sonnendeck
• Sonnenenergie
• Sonnenfinsternis
• Sonnenfleck
• Sonnengott
• Sonnenhut
• sonnenklar
• Sonnenkönig
• Sonnenlicht
• Sonnenöl
• Sonnenscheibe
• Sonnenschein
• Sonnenschutz
• Sonnenstudio
• Sonnentag
• Sonnentau
• Sonnenuhr
• Sonnenuntergang
• Sonnenwende
• sonnig
• Wintersonne

 

Related terms

• Sonntag m

Further reading

• “Sonne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sonne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sonne” in Duden online
• Sonne on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzo.nə/
• Hyphenation: Son‧ne
• Rhymes: -onə

Etymology 1

From earlier sune, from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Alternative forms

• Suohn (Krefeld)
• zoon

Noun

Sonne m (plural Sonne, diminutive Sönnke)

1. (Eupen) son

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Sonne

1. (Eupen) nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of Sonne

Noun

Sonne

1. (Eupen) nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of Sonn