sonne

See also: Sonne and sonné

English

Etymology 1

Noun

sonne (plural sonnes)

1. Obsolete spelling of son.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 3:21, signature Hh3, recto, column 2:

     And when I roſe in the moꝛning to giue my childe ſucke, behold, it was dead: but when I had conſidered it in the moꝛning, beholde, it was not my ſonne, which I did beare.

   • 19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby

     She moved where Lindis wandereth,

     My sonne's faire wife, Elizabeth.

Etymology 2

Noun

sonne (plural sonnes)

1. Obsolete spelling of sun.

Anagrams

• Nones, neons, nones, onsen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔn/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔn

Verb

sonne

1. inflection of sonner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔnə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: Sonne

Etymology 1

The usage of this term for plurals stems from the similarity or identity of female singular and (gender-unspecific) plural declensions in German grammar.

Alternative forms

• so'ne, sone

Pronoun

sonne

1. (colloquial) contraction of so eine (“such a”) (so, ein)
2. Ungrammatical synonym of solch in plural.

   Wer macht denn sonne Sachen?

   Who would do such things?

Etymology 2

Verb

sonne

1. inflection of sonnen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ.

Noun

sonne f

1. sun
2. sunshine, sunlight

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sonne	sonnen
accusative	sonne	sonnen
genitive	sonne, sonnen	sonnen
dative	sonne, sonnen	sonnen

Alternative forms

• sunne

Derived terms

• dobbelsonne
• sonnelijc
• sonnen
• sonnenavont
• sonnenboom
• sonnendach
• sonnenjaer
• sonnenlicht
• sonnenonderganc
• sonnenopgaen
• sonnenopganc
• sonnenrinc
• sonnenscheme
• sonnenschijn
• sonnenstrael
• sonnentoeganc
• sonnenwaert

Descendants

• Dutch: zon, zonne (obsolete), zun (dialectal)
  • Afrikaans: son
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: sono
  • Jersey Dutch: zon
  • Negerhollands: son, zon
  • → Sranan Tongo: son (see there for further descendants)
• Limburgish: Ṣon, Sonn, zón
• West Flemish: zunne
• Zealandic: zunne

Further reading

• “sonne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sonne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ.

Alternative forms

• sunne, sone, son, sune, sun, sunna, sunnæ, synne, soen
• zunne (Southwest Midland)
• zonne (Kent)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun(ə)/

Noun

sonne (plural sonnes)

2. The brightest and warmest celestial body, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system; the Sun.
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto, lines 7-9:

     […] and the yonge sonne / Hath in the ram his half cours yronne / And smale foweles maken melodye […]

     […] and the young Sun / has made half its journey in Aries, / while small birds make melodies […]

   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Apocalips 12:1, folio 121, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     ⁊ a greet ſıgne apperıde ĩ heuene / a wõman cloþıd wıþ þe ſũne · ⁊ þe moone vndur hır feet ⁊ · ĩ þe heed of hır a coꝛoũ of twelue ſterrıs

     And an important sign appeared in the sky: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon underneath her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

3. The light and warmth that radiates from the sun; sunlight.
4. (rare) A heavy, yellow metal; gold.

Synonyms

• (planet, metal): sol
• (planet): Phebus

Derived terms

• sonne side
• sonnebeem
• sonnliche
• sonnyssh
• sunni
• under þe sonne
• yong sonne

Descendants

• English: sun
• Scots: sun
• Yola: zin

References

• “sonne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

sonne

1. alternative form of sone (“son”)

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ.

Noun

sonne f

1. sun

Descendants

• Low German: Sünn