sund – Wiktionary

See also: Sund

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse sund (“swimming, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”).

Noun

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sund n (singular definite sundet, plural indefinite sunde)

1. a sound, strait

Inflection

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Declension of sund

neuter
gender

Singular
Plural
indefinite
definite
indefinite
definite
nominative

sund

sundet
sunde
sundene
genitive
sunds
sundets
sundes
sundenes

References

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“sund,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Middle Low German sunt, gesunt, from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz, cf. also English sound and German gesund.

Adjective

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sund

Inflection

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Inflection of sund

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Common singular

sund

sundere
sundest2

Neuter singular

sundt
sundere
sundest2

Plural

sunde
sundere
sundest2

Definite attributive1

sunde
sundere
sundeste

1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding “indefinite” form is used.
2) The “indefinite” superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

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“sund,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

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Etymology

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Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.

Interjection

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sund

1. pity, a shame

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”). Related to svimja.

Noun

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sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund)

Declension

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Declension of sund

n3

singular

plural

indefinite

definite

indefinite

definite

nominative

sund

sundið

sund

sundini
accusative

sund

sundið

sund

sundini
dative
sundi
sundinum
sundum
sundunum
genitive
sunds
sundsins
sunda
sundanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sund n (genitive singular sunds, nominative plural sund)

1. (

   uncountable

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   swimming, the act of swimming

2. channel, strait, sound
3. alley, lane

Declension

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declension of sund

n-s

singular

plural

indefinite

definite

indefinite

definite

nominative

sund

sundið

sund

sundin

accusative

sund

sundið

sund

sundin

dative

sundi
sundinu
sundum
sundunum

genitive

sunds
sundsins
sunda
sundanna

Derived terms

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See also

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.

Noun

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sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda or sundene)

Synonyms

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References

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• “sund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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sund

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Old Norse sund.

Noun

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sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda)

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• “sund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund (“swimming, strait”)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sund n

1. swimming

   Ne eart þū ġenōg eald þæt þū āna on sund gā.

   You’re not old enough to go swimming by yourself.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, “Sermon on the Beginning of Creation”

     God sealde þām fiscum sund and þām fuglum flyht, ac hē ne sealde nānum nīetene ne nānum fisċe nāne sāwle, ac heora blōd is heora līf, and swā hraðe swā hīe bēoþ dēade, swā bēoþ hīe mid ealle ġeendode.

     God gave swimming to the fish and flight to the birds, but he did not give a soul to any animal or any fish. Their blood is their life, and as soon as they’re dead, they are completely gone.

2. (

   poetic

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   sea, water

Declension

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Declension of sund (strong a-stem)

Case
Singular
Plural
nominative

sund

sund

accusative

sund

sund

genitive
sundes
sunda
dative
sunde
sundum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognate with Welsh hwn (“this”) and Proto-Celtic *sindos (“this”) (see sin and in).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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sund

1. here

   (

   in this place

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2. here

   (

   to this place

   )

   , hither

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sund.

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation

Radical
Lenition
Nasalization

sund

ṡund

unchanged

Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon *sund, from Proto-West Germanic *sund.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key):

  /sɵnd/

• Audio

Adjective

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sund

1. sound, healthy (medically or mentally)

Declension

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Inflection of sund

Indefinite

Positive

Comparative

Superlative2

Common singular

sund

sundare
sundast

Neuter singular

sunt
sundare
sundast

Plural

sunda
sundare
sundast

Masculine plural3

sunde
sundare
sundast

Definite

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Masculine singular1

sunde
sundare
sundaste

All

sunda
sundare
sundaste

1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.

Noun

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sund n

1. sound, strait

   (

   narrow water

   )

Usage notes

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• Used alone, sundet refers to Öresund

Declension

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Declension of sund 

Singular

Plural

Indefinite

Definite

Indefinite

Definite

Nominative

sund

sundet

sund

sunden

Genitive

sunds
sundets
sunds
sundens

Anagrams

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