sund
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse sund (“swimming, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”).
Noun edit
sund n (singular definite sundet, plural indefinite sunde)
Inflection edit
References edit
“sund,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German sunt, gesunt, from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz, cf. also English sound and German gesund.
Adjective edit
sund
Inflection edit
Inflection of sund | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | sund | sundere | sundest2 |
Indefinite 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 edit
“sund,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.
Interjection edit
sund
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”). Related to svimja.
Noun edit
sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund)
Declension edit
Declension of sund | ||||
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sund n (genitive singular sunds, nominative plural sund)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda or sundene)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “sund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda)
References edit
- “sund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund (“a swimming, strait”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sund n
- 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.
- (poetic) sea, water
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Welsh hwn (“this”) and Proto-Celtic *sindos (“this”) (see sin and in).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
sund
For quotations using this term, see Citations:sund.
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon *sund, from Proto-West Germanic *sund.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sund
Declension edit
Inflection of sund | |||
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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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.
Noun edit
sund n
- (geography) a strait, a sound (relatively narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water at the same level, or going between an island and the mainland or between two islands)
- Gibraltar sund
- Strait of Gibraltar
Usage notes edit
Unqualified, sundet sometimes refers to Öresund, between Denmark and Sweden.
Declension edit
Declension of sund | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sund | sundet | sund | sunden |
Genitive | sunds | sundets | sunds | sundens |
See also edit
References edit
- sund in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sund in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sund in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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