sondern

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɔndɐn]

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• Hyphenation: son‧dern

From Middle High German sunder, from Old High German suntar, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”).

sondern

1. (coordinating, with a negative in the preceding clause) rather, but (instead).

• aber

sondern?

1. so?, then what?, so you tell me!

   Naja, ganz so ist es ja auch nicht! — Sondern?

   Well, it’s not quite like that! — Then what?

• “sondern” in Duden online

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.

sondern (weak, third-person singular present sondert, past tense sonderte, past participle gesondert, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to separate, to sunder

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• absondern, aussondern
• besonders, sonderbar, sonderlich, absonderlich
• Sonderling

• sondergleichen
• sonder

• “sondern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “sondern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “sondern” in OpenThesaurus.de
• “sondern” in Duden online