different between aber vs sondern

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin hab?re, present active infinitive of habe? (“hold, have”).

Verb

aber

1. to have

Conjugation

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber.

Noun

aber m or f (plural aberioù)

1. ria, estuary, mouth of a river

Descendants

• ? French: aber

Verb

aber

1. present of aberiñ

Further reading

• Henry, Victor (1900) , “aber”, in Lexique étymologique des termes les plus usuels du breton moderne (Bibliothèque bretonne armoricaine; III) (in French), J. Plihon et L. Hervé

Cebuano

Etymology

Calque of Spanish a ver, short form of the phrase vamos a ver (“let's see”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?ber

Interjection

aber

1. let me see; let's see

Danish

Noun

aber c

1. indefinite plural of abe

Verb

aber

1. present of abe

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton aber.

Noun

aber m (plural abers)

1. (geography) a ria, especially one in Brittany

Further reading

• “aber” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Middle High German aber, aver, from Old High German aber, abur, aver, avur, afur, from Proto-Germanic *afer? (“behind”). Compare Luxembourgish awer (“but”), Saterland Frisian oaber (“but”), Middle Low German ?ver, German Low German aver (“but”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?b?/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /?ab?/ (colloquial; when unstressed by regular shortening, but also used when stressed)

Conjunction

aber (coordinating)

1. but; however; though

Usage notes

• Unlike most other conjunctions, aber need not be the first word of a clause: Ich bin dafür, er aber lehnt es ab. — “I’m in favour, but he rejects it.” In such a construction, aber might be considered an adverb, though the usual interpretation is that it is still a conjunction.
• After a negative, sondern is used to express a contrast, while aber expresses a gradation or nuance. Compare:

Derived terms

• aber hallo
• aber, aber

Adverb

aber

1. (obsolete, except in compounds) again
2. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect

3. nonetheless, nevertheless

Derived terms

• abermals
• abertausend

Further reading

• “aber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) , “aber”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese aber (????), from Old Javanese ab?r (“to slow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ab?r]
• Hyphenation: abêr

Adjective

aber

1. lost or run out of strength and superiority

Further reading

• “aber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kholosi

Etymology

From Persian ???? (abr).

Noun

aber ?

1. cloud

References

• Arora, Aryaman (2020) , “aber”, in Kholosi Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Aber (“objection”), a substantivization of German aber (“but, however, though”) (as in "no buts and no ifs"), from Middle High German aber, aver, from Old High German aber, abur, aver, avur, afur (“however, but”), either from Proto-Germanic *afar, *abar, *abur (“after, following”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“away, from”), or from Proto-Germanic *afer? (“behind”), from pre-Germanic *h?ép-erom, accusative/allative to an adjective *h?ép-eros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?r/
• Rhymes: -??b?r
• Hyphenation: ab?er

Noun

aber n (definite singular aberet, indefinite plural aber or abere, definite plural abera or aberne)

1. a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

Synonyms

• hake (“catch”), ulempe (“disadvantage”), vanskelighet (“difficulty”), men (“damage, injury”)

References

• “aber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “aber” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “aber” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• bare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?r/
• Rhymes: -??b?r
• Hyphenation: ab?er

Noun

aber n (definite singular aberet, indefinite plural aber or abere, definite plural abera or aberne)

1. a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

Synonyms

• hake (“catch”), ulempe (“disadvantage”), vanskelighet (“difficulty”), men (“damage, injury”)

References

• “aber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “aber” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “aber” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• bare

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a(?)b?r/

Adjective

aber (comparative mair aber, superlative maist aber)

1. (Shetland) sharp, keen
2. (Shetland) clear, distinct
3. (Shetland) sharp-sighted, observant, watchful
4. (Shetland) eager
5. (Shetland) greedy

Verb

aber (third-person singular present abers, present participle aberin, past abert, past participle abert)

1. (Shetland) to sharpen
2. (Shetland, often with up) to poke a fire in order to brighten it

References

• “aber” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary^[1], 2016.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hàber

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (haber), from Arabic ?????? (?abar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ber/
• Hyphenation: a?ber

Noun

àber m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (regional, Bosnia) news
2. (regional, Bosnia) message, information
3. (regional, Bosnia) sensation, feeling

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German aber (“but”), turned into a noun (as in "no buts and no ifs").

Noun

aber n

1. a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

Declension

The plural is the same, but definite forms do not apply.

References

• aber in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• aber in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• bare

Tarifit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aber m (Tifinagh spelling ????, plural abriwen)

1. (anatomy) eyelash

   Synonym: abriw

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aber, from Proto-Celtic *adberos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?ab?r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?a?b?r/, /?ab?r/

Noun

aber m or f (plural aberoedd or ebyr)

1. estuary, mouth of a river
2. confluence, joining of two or more rivers

Mutation

Zipser German

Conjunction

aber

1. Alternative form of åber

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?z?nd?n]
• Hyphenation: son?dern

Etymology 1

From Middle High German sunder, from Old High German suntar, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”).

Conjunction

sondern

1. (coordinating, with a negative in the preceding clause) rather, but (instead).

See also

• aber

Interjection

sondern?

1. so?, then what?, so you tell me!

References

• “sondern” in Duden online

Etymology 2

From Middle High German sundern, from Old High German suntar?n (“separate, distinguish”), from Proto-Germanic *sundr?n? (“to sunder, to separate”). Cognate with English sunder, Dutch zonderen.

Verb

sondern (weak, third-person singular present sondert, past tense sonderte, past participle gesondert, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to separate, to sunder

Conjugation

Derived terms

• absondern
• aussondern
• sonderbar
• Sonderling

References

• “sondern” in Duden online