sondern

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈzɔndɐn] Hyphenation: son‧dern === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German sunder, from Old High German suntar, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”). ==== Conjunction ==== sondern (coordinating, with a negative in the preceding clause) rather, but (instead). ===== See also ===== aber ==== Interjection ==== sondern? so?, then what?, so you tell me! ==== References ==== “sondern” in Duden online === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German sundern, from Old High German suntarōn (“separate, distinguish”), from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to sunder, to separate”). Cognate with English sunder, Dutch zonderen. ==== Verb ==== sondern (weak, third-person singular present sondert, past tense sonderte, past participle gesondert, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to separate, to sunder ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== absondern, aussondern besonders, sonderbar, sonderlich, absonderlich Sonderling ===== Related terms ===== sondergleichen sonder === Further reading === “sondern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “sondern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “sondern” in OpenThesaurus.de “sondern” in Duden online