sonen

[ˈzoːnən]

/[ˈzoːnən]/ unknown

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The verdict

“sonen” is uncommon German (frequency #83,310 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an unknown. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,310
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Pronomens son

Corpus desk

Index DE-sonen · sonen · German

sonen · rank #83,310 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,310
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sonderposten

Nearest frequency peer: Sonderposten (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sonen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sonen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sonen
PropertyValue
Headwordsonen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[ˈzoːnən]
Letters5
Frequency rank#83,310
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sonen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sonenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sonderposten“ (#83,309), „Sonnenstand“ (#83,311), „sonata“ (#83,308). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sonen“ bei #83,310. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sonen is uncommon German at frequency #83,310 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anunknown, transcribed [ˈzoːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

sonen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sonen, spelled S-O-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Pronomens son
  2. 2
    Dativ Plural der starken Deklination des Pronomens son

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sonen"?
"sonen" is spelled S-O-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzoːnən].
What does "sonen" mean?
As an unknown, "sonen" means: Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Pronomens son
How do you pronounce "sonen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sonen" is [ˈzoːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sonen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sonen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sheep#83,298senil#83,293stato#83,333stink#83,346

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list