Sonderbund

English

map of the political situation in Switzerland in 1847, including the Sonderbund in yellow

Etymology

From German Sonderbund (literally “special alliance”).

Proper noun

the Sonderbund

1. (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

Etymology

sonder- (“special”) +‎ Bund (“alliance”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Son‧der‧bund

Noun

Sonderbund m (strong, genitive Sonderbundes or Sonderbunds, plural Sonderbünde)

1. (historical) Sonderbund (historical alliance of cantons in Switzerland)
2. (historical) Ellipsis of Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler.
3. (historical) Ellipsis of Sonderbund österreichischer Künstler.
4. Ellipsis of Akademische Gesellschaft Sonderbund.

Declension

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

• Sonderbund on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Sonderbund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sonderbund” in Duden online
• “Sonderbund” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon