pund
English
editNoun
editpund (plural punds)
- Alternative form of pun (“measure of cowries”)
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, cognate with English pound, German Pfund. An early loan from Latin pondō (“by weight”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpund n (singular definite pundet, plural indefinite pund)
- pound (currency)
- (historical or referring to foreign cultures) pound (unit of mass, usually between 350 and 500 g; 496 g in Denmark before 1839)
- half a kilo (informal unit of mass, mostly used of foods or the weight of people)
Declension
editReferences
edit- “pund” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpund n (genitive singular punds, plural pund)
- pound (weight or currency)
Declension
editDeclension of pund | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pund | pundið | pund | pundini |
accusative | pund | pundið | pund | pundini |
dative | pundi | pundinum | pundum | pundunum |
genitive | punds | pundsins | punda | pundanna |
Derived terms
editGothic
editRomanization
editpund
- Romanization of 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpund n (genitive singular punds, nominative plural pund)
- pound (unit of weight / mass)
- a traditional unit in Iceland (standardized at 498 grams or, informally, 500 g), 12 merkur
- various similar units from other areas, most commonly the avoirdupois pound (453.59237 g)
- pound (unit of currency)
- (uncountable) wealth, possessions
- (uncountable, figurative) talents, gifts; merit, worth
Declension
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.
Noun
editpund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda or pundene)
- a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
- a pound (former unit of weight in Norway, the term is still used for pound weights in other contexts)
References
edit- “pund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.
Noun
editpund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda)
- a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
- a pound (former unit of weight in Norway)
References
edit- “pund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpund n
- pound (weight or currency)
Descendants
editSwedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish pund, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editpund n
- a pound (unit of mass)
- a pound (currency), capital, resources
Declension
editDeclension of pund | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pund | pundet | pund | punden |
Genitive | punds | pundets | punds | pundens |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- pund in Svensk ordbok.
- pund in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- pund in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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