Sonn
English
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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sonn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Central Franconian
Etymology 1
From Old High German sunna.
Etymology 2
From Old High German sun.
Alternative forms
- Sunn (rarer variant)
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
Sonn f (genitive Sonn, plural Sonnen)
- (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)
Limburgish
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zon/
- Rhymes: -on
Etymology 1
From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ. Cognate with German Sonne, Dutch zon, English sun, Icelandic sunna.
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.
Plautdietsch
Derived terms
- Sonnoppgank
- Sonnunjagank
- Sonnenstrol
- Sonnvedunklen
- Sonnenlicht
- Sonnenbloom
Further reading
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