søn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "son"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish sun, Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, cognate with Swedish son, English son, German Sohn. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *suHnús, which is also the source of Sanskrit सूनु (sūnú), Lithuanian sūnùs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sœn/, [ˈsœn]

Noun

søn c (singular definite sønnen, plural indefinite sønner)

son (a male person in relation to his parents)

Declension

Declension of søn

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	søn	sønnen	sønner	sønnerne
genitive	søns	sønnens	sønners	sønnernes

Derived terms

plejesøn
præstesøn
-sen
stedsøn
svigersøn
sønnesøn

Further reading

“søn” in Den Danske Ordbog

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