Sonderbund
English edit
Etymology edit
German Sonderbund (literally “special alliance”)
Proper noun edit
the Sonderbund
- (historical) The Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and governed by conservative administrations, and the subject of the Sonderbund War of 1847.
German edit
Etymology edit
sonder- (“special”) + Bund (“alliance”)
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Son‧der‧bund
Noun edit
Sonderbund m (strong, genitive Sonderbundes or Sonderbunds, plural Sonderbünde)
- (historical) Sonderbund (historical alliance of cantons in Switzerland)
- (historical) Ellipsis of Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler.
- (historical) Ellipsis of Sonderbund österreichischer Künstler.
- Ellipsis of Akademische Gesellschaft Sonderbund.
Declension edit
Declension of Sonderbund [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Sonderbund | die | Sonderbünde |
| genitive | eines | des | Sonderbundes, Sonderbunds | der | Sonderbünde |
| dative | einem | dem | Sonderbund, Sonderbunde1 | den | Sonderbünden |
| accusative | einen | den | Sonderbund | die | Sonderbünde |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading edit
Sonderbund on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Sonderbund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Sonderbund” in Duden online
- “Sonderbund” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
