Sonne

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Auch die Sonne
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wurde in vielen Kulturen verehrt .

The sun was also worshipped in many cultures.

Vielerorts gibt es mehr Sonne
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als hier .

In many places there is more sun than here.

In der Sonne
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trocknet nasse Kleidung besonders schnell .

Wet clothes dry particularly quickly in the sun.

Die Nordhalbkugel war der Sonne
🌞

zugewandt .

The northern hemisphere was facing the sun.

Frequency

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

sunne

Basel-Landschaft

sunne

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzɔnə/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Low German

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with English

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Icelandic

Cognate with Latin

Cognate with Ancient Greek

Cognate with Sanskrit

Cognate with Russian

Cognate with Lithuanian

Cognate with Welsh

In summary

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.