Sonnentau
German, noun/ˈzɔnənˌtaʊ̯/
Sonnentau is a German masculine noun meaning “sundew (group of insectivorous plants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter Naturschutz stehende Gattung der fleischfressenden Pflanzen mit über 170 Arten, zur Familie der…”.
What does Sonnentau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesundew (group of insectivorous plants)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unter Naturschutz stehende Gattung der fleischfressenden Pflanzen mit über 170 Arten, zur Familie der Sonnentaugewächse gehörend
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 Sonnentau
- Sonnentaues genitive
- Sonnentaus genitive
- Sonnentaue plural
- Sonnentauen dative definite plural
- Sonnentauchen diminutive
- Sonnentaulein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sonnentau?
- /ˈzɔnənˌtaʊ̯/
- [ˈzɔnənˌtaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sonnentau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sonnentau in German?
Sonnentau appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).