See also: sonder, and sonder-

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish sundr, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sn̥Hter-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sönder

  1. (predicative only) broken, out of order
    Synonym: trasig
    Datorn är sönder. Den startar inte.
    The computer is broken. It won't start.

Adverb

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sönder (not comparable)

  1. into a broken or destroyed state
    Motorn gick sönder
    The engine broke
    Hon hade sönder datorn genom att köra fel kommando
    She broke the computer by running the wrong command
    Hon slog sönder datorn
    She smashed the computer
    Hon rev sönder kontraktet
    She ripped up the contract
    Hon sparkade sönder lampan
    She kicked out the light

Usage notes

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The primary notion is being (or being made) broken or destroyed, whether demolished, torn up, shattered, through malfunction, or in some other way. Coming apart is not inherent in the word, despite the English (near) cognate asunder. Shades of disintegration appear in some compounds, like sönderdela and sönderfall, as well as in söndra.

Derived terms

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See also

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  • isär (apart, asunder)
  • itu (in two)

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