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

Further reading

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