Sonderbund

== English == === Etymology === From German Sonderbund (literally “special alliance”). === Proper noun === the Sonderbund (historical) The Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and governed by conservative administrations, and the subject of the Sonderbund War of 1847. == German == === Etymology === sonder- (“special”) +‎ Bund (“alliance”) === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Son‧der‧bund === Noun === Sonderbund m (strong, genitive Sonderbundes or Sonderbunds, plural Sonderbünde) (historical) Sonderbund (historical alliance of cantons in Switzerland) (historical) ellipsis of Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler (historical) ellipsis of Sonderbund österreichischer Künstler ellipsis of Akademische Gesellschaft Sonderbund ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Sonderbund on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Sonderbund”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Sonderbund” in Duden online “Sonderbund” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon