Sonderling
German, noun/ˈzɔndɐlɪŋ/
Sonderling is spelled S-O-N-D-E-R-L-I-N-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonderling is a German masculine noun meaning “eccentric, nerd, a solitary person (someone deviating from the norm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Mensch, der einen eigenartigen Charakter hat und in seiner eigenen Welt lebt”.
What does Sonderling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeccentric, nerd, a solitary person (someone deviating from the norm)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Mensch, der einen eigenartigen Charakter hat und in seiner eigenen Welt lebt
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 Sonderling
- Sonderlings genitive
- Sonderlinge plural
- Sonderlingen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sonderling?
- /ˈzɔndɐlɪŋ/
- [ˈzɔndɐlɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sonderling
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sonderling in German?
Sonderling appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).