German edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Conjunction edit

sondern

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

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?

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Etymology 2 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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