so'n
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "son"
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /zoːn/, /zɔn/
- Homophones: Sohn (long vowel), sonn (short vowel)
Pronoun
[edit]so'n
- (colloquial) Contraction of so ein: such a(n)
- So’n schmales Haus hab ich ja noch nie gesehen!
- I've never seen such a narrow house!
- (colloquial) Often used with a merely indefinite sense: a(n), some
- Er hat so’n Praktikum bei so’ner Firma gemacht.
- He did an internship at some company.
Usage notes
[edit]- Genitive forms are rare. This case is infrequent in colloquial German; if used at all, it tends to appear in proper standard forms.
- Plural forms are somewhat regional. They are common in eastern Germany. Most other regions prefer to use either solche or uninflected so: so’ne Häuser / solche Häuser / so Häuser (“such houses”).
Declension
[edit]Case | Singular | |||
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m | f | n | pl | |
Nominative | so'n | so'ne | so'n | so'ne |
Genitive | (so'nes) | (so'ner) | (so'nes) | (so'ner) |
Dative | so'nem, so'm | so'ner | so'nem, so'm | so'nen |
Accusative | so'nen, so'n | so'ne | so'n | so'ne |