sönder
sönder as an adverb
Meaning
into a broken or destroyed state
sönder as an adjective
Meaning
broken
In Swedish: i trasigt skick
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sönder in a sentence
- Motorn gick sönderThe engine broke
- Hon hade sönder datorn genom att köra fel kommandoShe broke the computer by running the wrong command
- Hon slog sönder datornShe smashed the computer
- Hon rev sönder kontraktetShe ripped up the contract
- Hon sparkade sönder lampanShe kicked out the light
- bilen är sönderthe car has broken down
- gå sönderbreak
- Datorn är sönder. Den startar inte.The computer is broken. It won't start.
Words built with sönder
- sönderfall disintegration, decomposition
- sönderslagen battered, broken, knocked about
Questions
What does sönder mean in English?
sönder means “into a broken or destroyed state”.
Similar words
trasighaveri
Origin
From Old Swedish sundr, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sn̥Hter-.
Nearby common words
sönder is number 1,035 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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