Sonnenschein

English

Alternative forms

• Sonnenshine

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sonnenschein.

Proper noun

Sonnenschein (plural Sonnenscheins)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sonnenschein is the 53316^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 388 individuals. Sonnenschein is most common among White (96.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sonnenschein”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔnənʃaɪ̯n/

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Etymology 1

Sonne (“sun”) +‎ -n- +‎ Schein (“shine”)

Noun

Sonnenschein m (strong, genitive Sonnenscheines or Sonnenscheins, no plural)

1. sunshine

   Antonym: Mondschein

Declension

Declension of Sonnenschein [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sonnenschein
genitive	eines	des	Sonnenscheines, Sonnenscheins
dative	einem	dem	Sonnenschein, Sonnenscheine1
accusative	einen	den	Sonnenschein

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Abendsonnenschein

Related terms

• Sonnenbrille, Sonnenfinsternis, Sonnenlicht, Sonnenschutz, Sonnenschirm, Sonnenstrahl
• Heiligenschein, Lichtschein, Scheinwerfer, Scheinheiliger

See also

• Tageslicht, Morgenrot, Abendrot, Mondlicht
• Krankenschein, Lieferschein

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Sonnenschein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sonnenscheins or (with an article) Sonnenschein, feminine genitive Sonnenschein, plural Sonnenscheins)

1. a surname

Descendants

• English: Sonnenschein, Sonnenshine

Further reading

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