sondern

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɔndɐn]
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  • Hyphenation: son‧dern

Etymology 1

From Middle High German sunder, from Old High German suntar, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (isolated, particular, alone).

Conjunction

sondern

  1. (coordinating, with a negative in the preceding clause) rather, but (instead).
See also

Interjection

sondern?

  1. 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

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)

  1. (transitive) to separate, to sunder
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Further reading

  • sondern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sondern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sondern” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • sondern” in Duden online
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