søn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "son"

Danish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Danish sun, Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, cognate with Swedish son, English son, German Sohn. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *suHnús, which is also the source of Sanskrit सूनु (sūnú), Lithuanian sūnùs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœn/, [ˈsœn]

Noun

søn c (singular definite sønnen, plural indefinite sønner)

1. son (a male person in relation to his parents)

   Antonym: datter

Declension

Declension of søn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	søn	sønnen	sønner	sønnerne
genitive	søns	sønnens	sønners	sønnernes

Derived terms

• plejesøn
• præstesøn
• -sen
• stedsøn
• svigersøn
• sønnesøn

 

Further reading

• “søn” in Den Danske Ordbog