Lund

See also: lund

English

Etymology

• As an English, German, and North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lundr (“grove”).
• Also as a German surname, from Lunden in Dithmarschen, itself possibly borrowed from Danish lund (“little forest”) or lunn (“survey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊnd/ (UK)
• IPA^(key): /lʌnd/ (US)
• Rhymes: -ʊnd, -ʌnd

Proper noun

Lund (countable and uncountable, plural Lunds)

1. A placename
   1. An unincorporated village in the Regional District of qathet, British Columbia, Canada.
   2. A municipality of Rogaland county, Norway.
   3. A borough and district of the city of Kristiansand, Agder county, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder.
   4. A village in the municipality of Namsos, Trøndelag county, Norway.
   5. A community in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden.
   6. A city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden.
   7. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9748).
   8. A hamlet in Cliffe parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6532).
   9. An unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, United States.
   10. A small town and census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
   11. An unincorporated community in Travis County, Texas, United States.
   12. An unincorporated village in Iron County, Utah, United States.
   13. An unincorporated community in Pepin County and Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States.
2. (countable) A surname.

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊnt/
• Rhymes: -ʊnt

Noun

Lund m (strong, genitive Lundes or Lunds, plural Lunde)

1. puffin

Declension

Declension of Lund [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Lund	die	Lunde
genitive	eines	des	Lundes, Lunds	der	Lunde
dative	einem	dem	Lund, Lunde1	den	Lunden
accusative	einen	den	Lund	die	Lunde

¹Now rare, see notes.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʉn/
• Rhymes: -ʉn

Proper noun

Lund

1. Lund (a city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden)
2. Lund (a municipality of Rogaland county, Norway)

Derived terms

• lunddøl

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Lund

1. Lund (a city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden)
2. Lund (a municipality of Rogaland county, Norway)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɵnd/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lund n (genitive Lunds)

1. Lund (a city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden)