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sonne

sonne is the obsolete spelling of son.

sonne is the obsolete spelling of sun.

Meaning of son

Noun

son (plural sons)

  1. One's male offspring.
    • Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."
  2. A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
  3. A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
    • Eli called Samuel his son. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift.1832, Noah Webster, “SON”, in A Dictionary of the English Language Intended to Exhibit the Origin of Words, the Orthography and Definitions: in Two Volumes · Volume 2
  4. A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.
    • He was a son of the mafia system.
  5. A person regarded as the product of some place.
    • I hold it to be true, that the people are the sons of the soil; and we are only their instruments here.1850, Oliver P. Badger, convention member from Putnam, Indiana, Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, 1850 Volume 1...
  6. A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
    • Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl?1984, “Working on the Highway”, in Bruce Springsteen (music), Born in the U.S.A.

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Meaning of sun

Proper noun

the sun

  1. The star that is closest to the Earth.
    • And the cite hath no nede of the ſunne nether of the mone to lyghten hit. For the bꝛynghtnes off God dyd light hitt: and the lambe was the light off hit.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Revelacion off Sanct Jhon the Devine xxj:[23], folio cccxlij, recto

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Proper noun capitalized: Sonne

Sonne (plural Sonnes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of sonne

Noun
pluralsonnes
Proper noun
pluralSonnes

Origin of sonne

Borrowed from Danish and German Sonne.

Questions about sonne

What does sonne mean?
Sonne means a surname.
What is sonne the obsolete spelling of?
Sonne is the obsolete spelling of son.
What part of speech is sonne?
Sonne is a proper noun.

Words near sonne in the dictionary

  1. sonling
  2. sonlings
  3. sonly
  4. Sonn
  5. Sonnborn
  6. sonne
  7. sonned
  8. Sonnenberg
  9. Sonnenbergs
  10. Sonnenschein
  11. Sonnenschein's reagent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sonne (page history and authors); Sonne (page history and authors); son (page history and authors); sun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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