Dutch Low Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German vinden, from Old Saxon findan.

Verb edit

finden

  1. to find

Galician edit

Verb edit

finden

  1. inflection of findar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German vinden, from Old High German findan. Cognate with Bavarian findn, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, English find, Danish finde.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɪndn̩], [ˈfɪndən]
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  • Rhymes: -ɪndn̩
  • Hyphenation: fin‧den

Verb edit

finden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present findet, past tense fand, past participle gefunden, past subjunctive fände, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to find; to discover
    Ich habe deine Schlüssel gefunden.
    I found your keys.
  2. (transitive, with a predicate adjective or predicate noun (accusative)) to think that (something) is (a certain way); to consider (something) to be (a certain way); to find
    Findest du mich interessant?
    Do you find me interesting?
  3. (intransitive) to find one’s way

Conjugation edit

  • 1st ps. sg. indicative present active also: find', find

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • finden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • finden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • finden” in Duden online
  • finden” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan (with levelled Verner's Law alternations).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːndən/, /ˈfindən/

Verb edit

finden (third-person singular simple present findeth, present participle findende, findynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fand, past participle founden)

  1. (transitive) to find; to discover

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • English: find
  • Scots: find, fynd