Sonne

Meaning

Name

the Sun

Noun

1. (feminine) a sun (a star, especially when being the center of a solar system)
2. (feminine,uncountable) sunshine, sunlight (the light and warmth we receive on Earth from the sun)

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzɔnə/

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-, oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥.
Akin to Low German Sünn, Zunne, Dutch zon, English sun, West Frisian sinne, Icelandic sunna. Further Indo-European cognates include Latin sōl, Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya), Russian солнце (solnce), Lithuanian saulė, Welsh haul.

Sentences

Noch steht die Sonne nicht so tief , dass sie blendet .

The sun is not yet so low that it dazzles.

Auf der Südhalbkugel steht die Sonne mittags im Norden .

In the southern hemisphere, the sun is in the north at noon.