Sonn

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See also: sonn and sønn

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Sonn.

Proper noun

Sonn (plural Sonns)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Sonn is the 41579th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523 individuals. Sonn is most common among White (72.47%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (16.83%) individuals.

Further reading

Central Franconian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zon/ (etymologies may be distinguished by tone)

Etymology 1

    From Middle High German sunne.

    Noun

    Sonn f (plural Sonne, diminutive Sönnche or Sennche)

    1. (most dialects) sun
    Descendants
    • Hunsrik: Sunn, Sonn
    • Luxembourgish: Sonn

    Etymology 2

    From Old High German sun.

    Alternative forms

    • Sunn (rarer variant)

    Noun

    Sonn m (plural Sönn or Senn, diminutive Sönnche or Sennche)

    1. (most dialects) son
      Synonym: (more common) Jong
    Descendants

    German

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    Sonn f (genitive Sonn, plural Sonnen)

    1. (poetic) Apocopic form of Sonne
      • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
        Warum scheint denn die Sonn auf die Au / So kalt und verdrießlich herab?
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Hunsrik

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsɔn/
    • Rhymes: -ɔn
    • Syllabification: Sonn

    Noun

    Sonn f (plural Sonne)

    1. Alternative form of Sunn

    References

    • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Sonn”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 152, column 2

    Limburgish

    Proper noun

    Sonn f

    1. Eupen spelling of Ṣon

    Noun

    Sonn f (plural Sonne, diminutive Sönnke)

    1. Eupen spelling of Ṣon

    Luxembourgish

    D'Sonn

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

      From Central Franconian Sonn, from Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from *sunnô, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with German Sonne, Dutch zon, English sun, Icelandic sunna.

      Noun

      Sonn f (plural Sonnen)

      1. sun

      Etymology 2

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

      Noun

      Sonn m (plural Sënn)

      1. (archaic) son
        Synonyms: Fils, Jong, Bouf

      Plautdietsch

      Noun

      Sonn f (plural Sonnen)

      1. sun

      Derived terms

      See also

      Further reading