finde
English edit
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finde
- Archaic spelling of find.
- 1604, King James I, A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco[1]:
- [F] The other argument drawen from a mistaken experience, is but the more particular probation of this generall, because it is alleaged to be found true by proofe, that by the taking of Tobacco diuers and very many doe finde themselves cured of diuers diseases as on the other part, no man euer receiued harme thereby.
- 1616, Alexander Roberts, A Treatise of Witchcraft[2]:
- Which Sea, though it will yeeld good plenty of such like presidents, and we may finde them in authenticall records of Histories, yet I content my selfe with this one.
- 1663, Samuel Pepys, (Please provide the book title or journal name)[3]:
- Strange things are told of this vessel, and he concludes his letter with this position, "I only affirm that the perfection of sayling lies in my principle, finde it out who can."
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Etymology edit
From Old Danish finnæ, from Old Norse finna (“find”), from Proto-Germanic *finþaną. Cognate with English find and German finden.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
finde (imperative find, infinitive at finde, present tense finder, past tense fandt, perfect tense har fundet)
- to find
- to think, consider (with a noun clause)
- (passive voice) to exist - see findes
Conjugation edit
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
A reduction of fin de semana
Noun edit
finde m (plural findes)
- (colloquial) weekend
- Synonym: fin de semana f
Etymology 2 edit
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finde
- inflection of findar:
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finde
- inflection of finden:
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finde
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Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
finde m (plural findes)
- (colloquial, Brazil) weekend
- Synonym: fim de semana
Etymology 2 edit
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finde
- inflection of findar:
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
finde m (plural findes)
(Spain, Rioplatense, Chile, Peru, Paraguay)
- (colloquial) weekend
- Synonym: fin de semana
Further reading edit
- “finde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014