Meaning

2 senses
  1. (dated)A familiar form of address for a boy.

    mein Junge, Kleiner, Söhnchen

    сыно́кsynók, сыно́чекsynóček, сыни́шкаsyníška

    сино́кsynók, сино́чокsynóčok

    a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)

  2. (colloquial, dated, derogatory)Form of address to a boy or man, to express contempt, warning etc.

    Freundchen

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Sonny, I knew even your great-great-grandfather.

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  2. Come here, sonny. You'll be my eyes.

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  3. "Please move aside." "Ya wanna make something of it, sonny?"

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  4. "Would you keep an eye on my car, sonny?" "And for how much?"

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  5. "Go home, sonny," Mary urged Tom, "and have a good sleep! You're whacked out!"

    de„Geh nach Hause, Kleines, und schlaf dich aus!“ drängte Tom Maria. „Du bist ja völlig geschafft!“

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a familiar form of address for a boy:
Русский
By meaning 1
a familiar form of address for a boy:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a familiar form of address for a boy:
pejorative form of address:

Origin

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

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Forms

plural: sonnies
Singularsonny
Pluralsonnies

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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