sonne

sonne (plural sonnes)

1. Obsolete spelling of son
   • 19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby

     She moved where Lindis wandereth,

     My sonne's faire wife, Elizabeth.

2. Obsolete spelling of sun

• Nones, neons, nones, onsen

• Rhymes: -ɔn

sonne

1. first-person singular present indicative of sonner
2. third-person singular present indicative of sonner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of sonner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of sonner
5. second-person singular imperative of sonner

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔnə/
• Homophone: Sonne

The usage of this term for plurals stems from the similarity or identity of female singular and (gender-unspecific) plural declensions in German grammar.

• so'ne
• sone

sonne

1. (colloquial) Contraction of so eine (“such a”). (so, ein)
2. Ungrammatical synonym of solch in plural.

   Wer macht denn sonne Sachen?

   Who would do such things?

sonne

1. First-person singular present of sonnen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of sonnen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of sonnen.
4. Imperative singular of sonnen.

From Old Dutch sunna, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ.

sonne f

1. sun
2. sunshine, sunlight

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• sunne

• Dutch: zon
  • Afrikaans: son
• Limburgish: zón
• West Flemish: zunne

• “sonne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “sonne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old English sunne, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ.

• sunne, sone, son, sune, sun, zonne, zunne, sunna, sunnæ, synne, soen

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun(ə)/

sonne (plural sonnes)

1. The brightest and warmest celestial body, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system; the Sun.
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 7-8.

     The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne

     Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,

2. The light and warmth that radiates from the sun; sunlight.
3. (rare) A heavy, yellow metal; gold.

• (planet, metal): sol
• (planet): Phebus

• sonnliche
• sunni
• sonnyssh
• yong sonne
• sonne side
• under þe sonne

• English: sun
• Scots: sun
• Yola: zin

• “sonne (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.

From Old English sunu.

sonne

1. Alternative form of sone (“son”)