Jump to content

søn

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Danish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

søn c (singular definite sønnen, plural indefinite sønner)

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

Declension

[edit]
Declension of søn
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative søn sønnen sønner sønnerne
genitive søns sønnens sønners sønnernes

Derived terms

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]