Polyglot Dictionary

Sonne

/ˈzɔnə/

die noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural (rare)
die Sonnen

Meaning

  1. sun

    • Die Sonne scheint.

      The sun is shining.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Stern

Astronomically, the Sonne is a Stern (star) — just the one close enough to see by day. In everyday speech the two stay separate: Sonne is daylight and warmth, Stern is the points of light at night.

Similar in other languages

French

soleil

soleil is the French word for the same thing — both mean "sun."

Portuguese

sol

sol is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "sun."

Practice

1 What does Sonne mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ scheint.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Sonne?

See also

nouncore-vocabularynature

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