Song

See also: song

English

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /sɔŋ/, /sɑŋ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (Sòng).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Song

  1. (historical) A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan.
  2. (historical) A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China.
  3. (historical) The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned.
  4. A surname from Chinese.
  5. A river in China; any of various minor rivers in China.
Synonyms
Translations

Proper noun

Song

  1. A river in Papua New Guinea

Proper noun

Song

  1. A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Etymology 4

Derived from Khmer សុង (song).

Proper noun

Song (plural Songs)

  1. A surname from Khmer.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English song. Doublet of inherited Sang.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɔŋ/
  • IPA(key): /zɔŋ/ (some speakers; chiefly dated)
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Noun

Song m (strong, genitive Songs, plural Songs)

  1. (colloquial) a song of modern popular music

Declension
Declension of Song [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Song die Songs
genitive eines des Songs der Songs
dative einem dem Song den Songs
accusative einen den Song die Songs

Hyponyms
  • Instrumentalsong

See also

Further reading
  • “Song” in Duden online
  • “Song” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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