son
German, pronoun[zoːn]
son is spelled S-O-N (3 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Son is a German pronoun meaning “alternative form of so'n” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does son mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
alternative form of so'n
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
determiner: 1. umgangssprachlich: 2. auf eine aus dem Kontext ersichtliche Eigenschaft hinweisend 3. auf ein besonderes Ausmaß hinweisend 4. unbestimmter Artikel
noun: 1. Sohn
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 son
- so’n alternative
- sone nominative singular feminine
- sones genitive singular masculine
- soner genitive singular feminine
- sonem dative singular masculine
- som dative singular masculine
- sonen dative plural
- söne nominative plural
- sons genitive singular
- sönen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce son?
- [zoːn]
- plural [ˈzoːnə]
- […]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to son
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is son in German?
son appears 13 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).