Pond

See also: pond

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound.
• As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above.

Proper noun

Pond (plural Ponds)

1. A surname.
   • 1929, G. K. Chesterton, The Poet and the Lunatics:

     "How do you know?" asked Mr Pond rather snappishly and in unusual irritation.

Anagrams

• DNOP

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German pfunt, from Old High German pfunt, phunt. Cognate with German Pfund, Dutch pond, English pound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pont/

Noun

Pond n (plural Ponner)

1. pound (unit of mass)
2. pound (unit of currency)