Song

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English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /sɔŋ/, /sɑŋ/

Etymology 1

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Song Dynasty

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Song (surname)

Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (Sòng).

Alternative forms

Sung (Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Song

(historical) A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan.
- 2017 October 3, “Bowl sells for Chinese porcelain record $37.7 million: Sotheby?s”, in France 24‎, archived from the original on 03 October 2017, Live news‎:
  A 1,000-year-old bowl from China's Song Dynasty sold at auction for $37.7 million on Tuesday, breaking the record for Chinese porcelain, auction house Sotheby?s said.
  The small piece -- which dates from 960-1127 -- broke the previous record of $36.05 million set in 2014 for a Ming Dynasty wine cup which was sold to a Shanghai tycoon.
(historical) A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China.
(historical) The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned.
A surname from Chinese.
A river in China; any of various minor rivers in China.

Synonyms

(Chinese surname): Soong
(Chinese rivers): Songjiang, Song Jiang

Derived terms

Translations

Chinese Dynasty & Era

Chinese:
Cantonese: 宋朝 (sung³ ciu⁴)

Mandarin: 宋朝 (zh) (Sòng Cháo)
Japanese: 宋朝 (そうちょう, Sōchō)
Lithuanian: Sungai m pl
Vietnamese: nhà Tống

Chinese Kingdom

Chinese:
Mandarin: 宋 (zh) (Sòng), 宋朝 (zh) (Sòng Cháo)
Vietnamese: Tống

Chinese Surname

Chinese:
Mandarin: 宋 (zh) (Sòng), 松 (zh) (Sōng), 鬆／松 (zh) (Sōng)
Vietnamese: Tống

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Song River

Proper noun

Song

A river in Papua New Guinea

Etymology 3

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Song, Nigeria

Proper noun

Song

A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Etymology 4

Derived from Khmer សុង (song).

Proper noun

Song (plural Songs)

A surname from Khmer.

Anagrams

NGOs, NGSO, Ngos, gons, nogs, snog

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English song. Doublet of inherited Sang.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔŋ/
IPA^(key): /zɔŋ/ (some speakers; chiefly dated)
Audio (file)

Noun

Song m (strong, genitive Songs, plural Songs)

(colloquial) a song of modern popular music

Declension

Declension of Song

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Song	die	Songs
genitive	eines	des	Songs	der	Songs
dative	einem	dem	Song	den	Songs
accusative	einen	den	Song	die	Songs

Hyponyms

Instrumentalsong

See also

Lied
Musikstück, Stück

Further reading

“Song” in Duden online
“Song” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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