Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012, whose project, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, aims to come up with new words for emotions that currently lack words. Inspired by German sonder- (“special”) and French sonder (“to probe”).
sonder (uncountable)
From Dutch zonder, from Middle Dutch sonder, from Old Dutch sunder, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz. Cognate with English sunder.
sonder
sonder c pl
sonder or sondér
Inherited from Middle French sonder, from Old French sonder (“to plumb”), from sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English sund- (“sounding”), as in sundġierd (“sounding-rod”), sundlīne (“sounding-line, lead”), sundrāp (“sounding-rope, lead”), from sund (“ocean, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, swim”). Cognate with Old Norse sund (“swimming; strait, sound”). More at sound.
sonder
| infinitive | simple | sonder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sondant /sɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sondé /sɔ̃.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sonde /sɔ̃d/ |
sondes /sɔ̃d/ |
sonde /sɔ̃d/ |
sondons /sɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
sondez /sɔ̃.de/ |
sondent /sɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | sondais /sɔ̃.dɛ/ |
sondais /sɔ̃.dɛ/ |
sondait /sɔ̃.dɛ/ |
sondions /sɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
sondiez /sɔ̃.dje/ |
sondaient /sɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sondai /sɔ̃.de/ |
sondas /sɔ̃.da/ |
sonda /sɔ̃.da/ |
sondâmes /sɔ̃.dam/ |
sondâtes /sɔ̃.dat/ |
sondèrent /sɔ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | sonderai /sɔ̃.dʁe/ |
sonderas /sɔ̃.dʁa/ |
sondera /sɔ̃.dʁa/ |
sonderons /sɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
sonderez /sɔ̃.dʁe/ |
sonderont /sɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sonderais /sɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
sonderais /sɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
sonderait /sɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
sonderions /sɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sonderiez /sɔ̃.də.ʁje/ |
sonderaient /sɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sonde /sɔ̃d/ |
sondes /sɔ̃d/ |
sonde /sɔ̃d/ |
sondions /sɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
sondiez /sɔ̃.dje/ |
sondent /sɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | sondasse /sɔ̃.das/ |
sondasses /sɔ̃.das/ |
sondât /sɔ̃.da/ |
sondassions /sɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ |
sondassiez /sɔ̃.da.sje/ |
sondassent /sɔ̃.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sonde /sɔ̃d/ |
— | sondons /sɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
sondez /sɔ̃.de/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
From Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *snter-, *seni-, *senu-, *san- (“apart, without, for oneself”). Cognate to Latin sine (“without”), English sunder (“separate, different”).
sonder (governs the accusative)
From Dutch zonder, from Middle Dutch sonder, from Old Dutch sunder, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz.
sonder (Jawi spelling سوندر)
From Old Dutch sunder, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz.
sonder
From Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English , from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bh)- (“to be unsteady, swim”).
sonder
sonder m pl
sonder