Sunn

Bavarian

Noun

Sunn f

1. Alternative spelling of Sun
   • 1935 (copyright), Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, 2nd edition, Wien/Leipzig, Impression im März, page 15:

     Wårme Sunn, dås erste Pråterveigerl:
     Ållweil wieder gfreust di wiara Kind.

     Warm sun, the first violet:
     You always rejoice like a child again.

References

• Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Sunn”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT

East Central German

Alternative forms

• Sonn

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ. Compare German Sonne.

Noun

Sunn f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) sun

Further reading

• Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 118

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• Sonn

Etymology

Inherited from Central Franconian Sonn, from Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from *sunnô, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Cognate with German Sonne and Luxembourgish Sonn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun/
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: Sunn

Noun

Sunn f (plural Sunne, diminutive Sunnche)

1. Sun (the star around which the Earth revolves)

   Sie esse Bëgamott in de Sunn.

   They eat mandarin oranges in the sun.

2. sun (a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system)

Related terms

• Sunneblumm
• Sunnehitz
• Sunnelicht
• sunnich
• Sunntach
• sunntachs

 

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-, oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥. Compare German Sonne, Dutch zon, English sun.

Noun

Sunn f (plural Sunne)

1. the sun