sunn

See also: Sunn and Sünn

English

Alternative forms

• sun

Etymology

Hindi सुनई (sunaī)

Noun

sunn (uncountable)

1. An East Indian leguminous plant of species Crotalaria juncea, yielding a fiber.

   Synonym: sunn hemp

References

• “sunn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nuns

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• sun, suun

Etymology

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

Noun

sunn

1. (Sappada) son

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Cimbrian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna. Cognate with German Sonne, English sun.

Noun

sunn f

1. (Luserna) sun

Etymology 2

Noun

sunn m (plural sünn)

1. (Luserna) son

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (“the sun”). Cognate with German Sonne, English sun.

Noun

sunn f

1. sun

Related terms

• sunta

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German sunt, German gesund.

Adjective

sunn (neuter singular sunt, definite singular and plural sunne, comparative sunnere, indefinite superlative sunnest, definite superlative sunneste)

1. healthy
2. sound

   sunn fornuft - common sense

Synonyms

• frisk
• helsig
• helsesam
• fornuftig
• sindig

Antonyms

• usunn

Derived terms

• sunnhet

References

• “sunn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• soinn (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Middle Low German sunt, German gesund.

Adjective

sunn (neuter singular sunt, definite singular and plural sunne, comparative sunnare, indefinite superlative sunnast, definite superlative sunnaste)

1. healthy
2. sound

Synonyms

• frisk
• helsig
• helsesam
• fornuftig

Antonyms

• usunn

Derived terms

• sunnheit

References

• “sunn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.