soon

Bedeutung

Adj

1. Short in length of time from the present.
2. Early.
3. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.

Adv

1. (obsolete) Immediately, instantly.
2. Within a short time; quickly.
3. Early.
4. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/suːn/

Etymologie

From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun).
Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).

Sätze

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Die angenehmen Stunden fliegen viel zu früh vorbei.

Mann soon found work as an engineering apprentice .

Mann fand bald Arbeit als technische Lehrling.

He died soon after his resignation from the Bussey professorship .

Er starb kurz nach seinem Rücktritt aus der Bussey -Professur.

Fireside Poets were soon regarded as old-fashioned .

Fireside-Dichter wurden bald als altmodisch angesehen.

Settlers soon began arriving , building homesteads , barns , businesses , and ranches .

Die Siedler kamen bald an und bauten Gehöfte, Scheunen, Unternehmen und Ranches.