søn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "son"
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)
Declension
[edit]| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | søn | sønnen | sønner | sønnerne |
| genitive | søns | sønnens | sønners | sønnernes |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “søn” in Den Danske Ordbog
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