sondern
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɔndɐn]
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Etymology 1
From Middle High German sunder, from Old High German suntar, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”).
See also
Interjection
sondern?
- so?, then what?, so you tell me!
- Naja, ganz so ist es ja auch nicht! — Sondern?
- Well, it’s not quite like that! — Then what?
References
- “sondern” in Duden online
Etymology 2
From Middle High German sundern, from Old High German suntarōn (“separate, distinguish”), from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to sunder, to separate”). Cognate with English sunder, Dutch zonderen.
Verb
sondern (weak, third-person singular present sondert, past tense sonderte, past participle gesondert, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | sondern | ||||
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present participle | sondernd | ||||
past participle | gesondert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sondre ich sondere ich sonder |
wir sondern | i | ich sondere ich sondre |
wir sondern |
du sonderst | ihr sondert | du sonderest du sondrest |
ihr sonderet ihr sondret | ||
er sondert | sie sondern | er sondere er sondre |
sie sondern | ||
preterite | ich sonderte | wir sonderten | ii | ich sonderte1 | wir sonderten1 |
du sondertest | ihr sondertet | du sondertest1 | ihr sondertet1 | ||
er sonderte | sie sonderten | er sonderte1 | sie sonderten1 | ||
imperative | sondre (du) sonder (du) sondere (du) |
sondert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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