so'n
German, pronoun/zoːn/
so'n is spelled S-O-N (3 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). So'n is a German pronoun meaning “contraction of so + ein or so + einen: such a(n)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does so'n mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
colloquialcontraction of so + ein or so + einen: such a(n)
So’n schmales Haus hab ich ja noch nie gesehen!
- 2
colloquialOften used with a merely indefinite sense: a(n), some
Er hat so’n Praktikum bei so’ner Firma gemacht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
determiner: 1. umgangssprachlich: 2. [1] Demonstrativpronomen: ::[a] auf eine aus dem Kontext ersichtliche Eigenschaft hinweisend ::[b] auf ein besonderes Ausmaß hinweisend 3. [2] unbestimmter Artikel
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 so'n
- so'ne feminine nominative singular
- so'nes genitive masculine singular
- so'ner feminine genitive singular
- so'nem dative masculine singular
- so'm dative masculine singular
- so'nen dative error-unrecognized-form singular
- so 'n alternative
- son alternative
- so’ne nominative singular feminine
- so’nes genitive singular masculine
- so’ner genitive singular feminine
- so’nem dative singular masculine
- so’m dative singular masculine
- so’nen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce so'n?
- /zoːn/
- /zɔn/
- [zoːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is so'n in German?
so'n appears 3.5 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).