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Yes. The word sonder is a Scrabble US word. The word sonder is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (7 found)

DONERS,DRONES,REDONS,RONDES,SNORED,SONDER,SORNED,

5-letter words (27 found)

DERNS,DEROS,DOERS,DONER,DORES,DORSE,DOSER,DRONE,NERDS,NODES,NOSED,NOSER,ONERS,REDON,REDOS,RENDS,RENOS,RESOD,RODES,RONDE,RONES,ROSED,SENOR,SERON,SNORE,SONDE,SORED,

4-letter words (45 found)

DENS,DERN,DERO,DOEN,DOER,DOES,DONE,DONS,DORE,DORS,DOSE,ENDS,EONS,ERNS,EROS,NEDS,NERD,NODE,NODS,NOES,NOSE,ODES,ONER,ONES,ORDS,ORES,REDO,REDS,REND,RENO,RENS,REOS,RODE,RODS,ROED,ROES,RONE,ROSE,SEND,SNED,SNOD,SONE,SORD,SORE,SORN,

3-letter words (36 found)

DEN,DOE,DON,DOR,DOS,DSO,EDS,END,ENS,EON,ERN,ERS,NED,NOD,NOR,NOS,ODE,ODS,OES,ONE,ONS,ORD,ORE,ORS,OSE,RED,REN,REO,RES,ROD,ROE,SED,SEN,SER,SOD,SON,

2-letter words (15 found)

DE,DO,ED,EN,ER,ES,NE,NO,OD,OE,ON,OR,OS,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 131 words from sonder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sonder

sonder

Etymology

Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012, whose project, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, aims to come up with new words for emotions that currently lack words. Inspired by German sonder- (“special”) and French sonder (“to probe”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑndɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒndə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: son‧der

Noun

sonder (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it.
    • 2013, Annie Cohen, "A Deeper Understanding", Panorama (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri), Volume 62, Issue 3, 14 October 2013, page 14:
      We need to have a "sonder" moment, where we realize that we aren't the only ones with feelings, dreams, regrets and hopes.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:sonder.

References

Anagrams

  • Doners, Drones, RDS-EON, Rodens, doners, drones, nerdos, redons, renods, snored, sorned

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zonder, from Middle Dutch sonder, from Old Dutch sunder, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz. Cognate with English sunder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔn.dər/

Preposition

sonder

  1. without

Danish

Noun

sonder c pl

  1. plural indefinite of sonde

Verb

sonder or sondér

  1. imperative of sondere

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French sonder, from Old French sonder (“to plumb”), from sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English sund- (“sounding”), as in sundġierd (“sounding-rod”), sundlīne (“sounding-line, lead”), sundrāp (“sounding-rope, lead”), from sund (“ocean, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, swim”). Cognate with Old Norse sund (“swimming; strait, sound”). More at sound.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔ̃.de/

Verb

sonder

  1. (transitive) to probe (test with a probe)
  2. (transitive) to probe (test the depth of something)
    1. to sound (use sound waves to establish the depth)
  3. (transitive) to probe (look carefully around)
  4. (transitive) to probe (ask someone many questions, in order to find something out)
  5. (meteorology) to survey and take measurements using a weather balloon
  6. to survey (carry out a survey or poll)
  7. (intransitive) to dive down

Conjugation

Related terms

  • sondage
  • sonde
  • sondé

Descendants

  • → German: sondieren
    • → Russian: зонди́ровать (zondírovatʹ)

Further reading

  • “sonder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • endors, rondes

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *snter-, *seni-, *senu-, *san- (“apart, without, for oneself”). Cognate to Latin sine (“without”), English sunder (“separate, different”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔndɐ/

Preposition

sonder (governs the accusative)

  1. (archaic) without; except; not including
    Synonyms: außer, exklusive, ohne

Derived terms

  • sondergleichen

Related terms

  • besonders
  • sonder-
  • sonderbar
  • sonderlich

Further reading

  • “sonder” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “sonder” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Malay

Alternative forms

  • zonder
  • سوندر
  • زوندر

Etymology

From Dutch zonder, from Middle Dutch sonder, from Old Dutch sunder, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz.

Preposition

sonder (Jawi spelling سوندر)

  1. (Netherlands, Indonesia) without (not having)

Synonyms

  • tanpa / تنڤا
  • tidak ada / تيدق اد
  • tidak ber- / تيدق بر-

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sunder, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz.

Preposition

sonder [+accusative]

  1. without
  2. except (for)

Descendants

  • Dutch: zonder
    • Afrikaans: sonder
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: sondro
    • Jersey Dutch: zonder
    • Negerhollands: sonder, sondu
    • → Aukan: sondee
    • → Caribbean Javanese: sonder
    • → Malay: sonder
    • → Indonesian: sonder, zonder
    • → Saramaccan: sondò
    • → Sranan Tongo: sondro
  • Limburgish: zónger

Further reading

  • “sonder (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sonder (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bh)- (“to be unsteady, swim”).

Verb

sonder

  1. (Jersey) to sound

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sonder m pl

  1. indefinite plural of sonde

Swedish

Noun

sonder

  1. indefinite plural of sond

Source: wiktionary.org