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Fund

See also: fund

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German vunt (“finding, discovery, find”). Cognate with Old Norse fundr, Dutch vond (“discovery, invention”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Fund m (strong, genitive Fundes or Funds, plural Funde or Fünde, diminutive Fündchen n or Fündlein n)

  1. discovery, finding, find (an instance of finding; something that is found)

Declension edit

Declension of Fund [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fund die Funde, Fünde
genitive eines des Fundes, Funds der Funde, Fünde
dative einem dem Fund, Funde1 den Funden, Fünden
accusative einen den Fund die Funde, Fünde

1Now rare, see notes.

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Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fund”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

  • “Fund” in Duden online
  • “Fund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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