sondern
but (rather)
English translations
- 01
but
- 02
but
Word details
- German meaning
- Wird verwendet, um eine Alternative oder einen Gegensatz zu dem vorher Gesagten einzuführen.
- English meaning
- but rather
- Synonym
- hingegen, vielmehr
- German example
- Ich mag keine Äpfel, sondern Birnen.
- English example
- I don't like apples, but rather pears.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich sondre du sonderst er/sie/es ich sondert wir sondern ihr sonderet sie sondern
- Past Participle
- ich habe gesondert du hast gesondert er/sie/es hat gesondert wir haben gesondert ihr habt gesondert sie haben gesondert
- Past
- ich sonderte du sondertest er/sie/es sonderte wir sonderten ihr sondertet sie sonderten
Related words
- aussondern
singling
- absondern
secretion
- absondern
separation
- aussondern
excrete
- aussondern
Segregate
- absondern
to isolate, to separate
- ausstoßen
To emit means to force something out or release something.
- nässen
To ooze, to be damp
- drauflosarbeiten
To get started, to dive in
- transpirieren
To perspire, to sweat
- segregieren
To segregate means to separate or isolate people or things based on certain characteristics.
- abstrakt
abstract
- figürlich
Figurative
- künstlich
artificial
- gebraucht
Used
- mündlich
Oral
- gewollt
intentional, deliberate
- raumzentriert
Body-centered describes a crystal structure where atoms are located not only at the corners of the unit cell but also at its center.
- gekrümmt
Curved
- freilebend
Free-living
- allochthon
Allochthonous
- eiterig
Filled with pus or discharging pus.
- mittelbar
Indirect
- nichtmenschlich
Not belonging to humans, but to animals, plants, or other beings.
- stichprobenartig
Random means that something is not systematic or complete, but only based on a random selection.
- die Spreu vom Weizen trennen
To separate the wheat from the chaff
- uneigentlich
Figurative
- unsachlich
Unobjective
- frei laufend
Free-range
- ruckelig
bumpy
- Freundschaftsspiel
friendly match
- Hysterese
Hysteresis
- Duck-Typing
Duck typing
- Abscheidung
Separation refers to the process or result of separating or isolating something.
- Eigengrau
Eigengrau
- Selbstzweck
An end in itself is an action or state that is pursued only for its own sake and does not serve any further purpose.
- Halbsatz
Clause
- Augmentativ
Augmentative
- Stiefschwester
stepsister
- Nebenthema
Side issue, secondary topic
- Tendenzmeinung
Biased opinion
- Schalerbse
Pea
- Privatschule
A private school is a school that is not funded by the state but by private entities.
- trennen
Separate
- stichprobenhaft
Randomly, by sampling
- vorbeireden
To talk around
- zerreden
to overanalyze, to talk to death
- die andere Wange hinhalten
turn the other cheek
Example sentences with “sondern”
Das ist nicht rot, sondern blau. (That is not red, but blue.)
Frequently asked questions
When do you use 'sondern' instead of 'aber'?
'Sondern' is used after a negative statement to introduce a contradiction or replacement, whereas 'aber' is for general contrast.