sone
German, pronoun/ˈzɔnə/
sone is spelled S-O-N-E (4 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sone is a German pronoun meaning “contraction of so + eine; nominative/accusative feminine singular of son, which is an alternative form of so'n” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sone mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
colloquialcontraction of so + eine; nominative/accusative feminine singular of son, which is an alternative form of so'n
- 2
Ungrammatical alternative form of solch in plural.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maßeinheit für die Lautheit, den psychoakustischen Wert eines Schallereignisses (Einheitenzeichen: sone)
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 sone
- so'ne alternative
- sonne alternative
- sone symbol
- Sones genitive singular
- Sonen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sone?
- /ˈzɔnə/
- /ˈzoːnə/
- [ˈzoːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sone in German?
sone appears 1.3 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).