Sonne

See also: sonne and sonné

German
Die Sonne — The Sun (1)
Sonnenlicht von der Erde aus gesehen. — Sunlight as seen from Earth. (2)

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-, oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥. Akin to Low German Sünn, Zunne, Dutch zon, English sun, West Frisian sinne, Icelandic sunna. Further Indo-European cognates: Latin sōl, Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya), Russian солнце (solnce), Lithuanian saulė, Welsh haul

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔnə/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔnə

Proper noun

Sonne f (genitive Sonne)

  1. (astronomy) the Sun
    Die Sonne ist eine Lichtquelle.
    The Sun is a light source.

Noun

Sonne f (genitive Sonne, plural Sonnen)

  1. (astronomy) a sun, any star, especially when being the center of a solar system
  2. (uncountable) sunshine, sunlight; the light and warmth we receive on Earth from the sun
    Wir hatten den ganzen Tag Sonne. — We had sunshine all day.
    Geh mir aus der Sonne! — Get lost! (lit. "Move [for] me out of the sunshine!")
    Laut Wetterbericht wird es morgen Sonne geben. — According to the weather forecast there will be sunshine tomorrow.

Declension
Declension of Sonne
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Sonne die Sonnen
genitive einer der Sonne der Sonnen
dative einer der Sonne den Sonnen
accusative eine die Sonne die Sonnen

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Derived terms
Sonne

Further reading
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