Gönner
German, noun/ˈɡœnɐ/
Gönner is spelled G-Ö-N-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gönner is a German masculine noun meaning “agent noun of gönnen: patron, benefactor, backer, favorer, sponsor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wohlhabende, einflussreiche Person, die jemand anderen (Künstler oder Einrichtung) in seinen Bestrebungen mit…”.
What does Gönner mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of gönnen: patron, benefactor, backer, favorer, sponsor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wohlhabende, einflussreiche Person, die jemand anderen (Künstler oder Einrichtung) in seinen Bestrebungen mit Geld unterstützt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gönner
- Gönners genitive
- Gönnerin feminine
- Gönnern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gönner?
- /ˈɡœnɐ/
- [ˈɡœnɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gönner in German?
Gönner appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).