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.

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

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

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

  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!“ — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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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