sunn

See also: Sunn and Sünn

English

Alternative forms

• sun

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi सुनई (sunaī)

Noun

sunn (uncountable)

1. , an East Indian leguminous plant yielding a fiber.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sunn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• nuns

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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

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Cimbrian

Etymology 1

Etymology

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

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Mòcheno

Etymology

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

Noun

sunn ?

1. sun

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

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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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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

Antonyms

• usunn

Synonyms

• frisk
• helsig
• helsesam
• fornuftig

Derived terms

• sunnheit

References

• “sunn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.