vinden

Danish

Noun

vinden c

1. definite singular of vind
2. definite singular of vinde

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vinden, from Old Dutch findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪndə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: vin‧den
• Rhymes: -ɪndən

Verb

vinden

1. (transitive) to find (after searching)

   Gevonden! ― Found (it)!

   Ik zal je vinden. ― I'll find you.

2. (transitive) to find, to come across

   Plots vond ik een pen. ― All of a sudden I found a pen.

   • 2021, Huber M., van den Brekel-Dijkstra K., Jung H.P., “Inleiding”, in Handboek Positieve Gezondheid in de huisartspraktijk, →DOI:

     De anderhalvemetereconomie zorgt ervoor dat huisartsen- en ziekenhuiszorg zo georganiseerd moeten worden dat patiënten, letterlijk en figuurlijk, waar dat kan zo veel mogelijk ob afstand worden gehouden tot er een vaccin gevonden is en dat breed wordt toegepast.

     The one-and-a-half-meter economy means that general practitioners and hospitals must be organized so that, literally and figuratively, patients are distanced as much as possible until a vaccine is available and has been widely distributed.

3. (transitive, copulative) to find, to think, to feel, to be of opinion

   Ze vinden de film walgelijk. ― They find the film disgusting.

Inflection

Conjugation of vinden (strong class 3a)
infinitive	vinden
past singular	vond
past participle	gevonden
infinitive	vinden
gerund	vinden n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	vind	vond
2nd person sing. (jij)	vindt, vind2	vond
2nd person sing. (u)	vindt	vond
2nd person sing. (gij)	vindt	vondt
3rd person singular	vindt	vond
plural	vinden	vonden
subjunctive sing.1	vinde	vonde
subjunctive plur.1	vinden	vonden
imperative sing.	vind
imperative plur.1	vindt
participles	vindend	gevonden
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• bevinden
• ondervinden
• plaatsvinden
• terugvinden
• uitvinden
• vinder
• vinding

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vind
• Berbice Creole Dutch: fende
• Jersey Dutch: vände
• Negerhollands: vind, fin
• Skepi Creole Dutch: fint, fent
• →? Sranan Tongo: feni
  • → Aukan: fende
  • → Caribbean Javanese: féni
  • → Saramaccan: féndi, féni

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch findan.

Verb

vinden

1. to find (after searching)
2. to find, to come across, to encounter
3. to discover
4. to judge, to deem
5. to think of, to come up with

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive	vinden
3rd sg. past	vant
3rd pl. past	vonden
Past participle	gevonden
Infinitive	vinden
In genitive	vindens
In dative	vindene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	vinde	vant
2nd singular	vints, vindes	vonts, vondes
3rd singular	vint, vindet	vant
1st plural	vinden	vonden
2nd plural	vint, vindet	vont, vondet
3rd plural	vinden	vonden
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	vinde	vonde
2nd singular	vints, vindes	vondes
3rd singular	vinde	vonde
1st plural	vinden	vonden
2nd plural	vint, vindet	vondet
3rd plural	vinden	vonden
Imperative	Present
Singular	vint, vinde
Plural	vint, vindet
	Present	Past
Participle	vindende	gevonden

Descendants

• Dutch: vinden
• Limburgish: vinje

Further reading

• “vinden”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vinden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German findan.

Verb

vinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present vindet, past tense vant, past participle vunden, past subjunctive vünde, auxiliary hân)

1. to find

   In grôȥen vreuden er schein
   und bat sîn vriunde dô
   daȥ sie mit im wæren vrô,
   wan er hæte an den stunden
   sîn verlorneȥ schâf vunden. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinden (class 3 strong, auxiliary hân)

infinitive		vinden
genitive gerund		vindennes vindenes
dative gerund		vindenne vindene
present participle		vindende
past participle		vunden
auxiliary		hân
	indicative			subjunctive
	singular	plural		singular	plural
present	ich vinde	wir vinden	i	ich vinde	wir vinden
	du vindest	ir vindet		du vindest	ir vindet
	ër vindet	sie vindent		ër vinde	sie vinden
preterite	ich vant	wir vunden	ii	ich vünde	wir vünden
	du vünde	ir vundet		du vündest	ir vündet
	ër vant	sie vunden		ër vünde	sie vünden
imperative	vint (du)	vindet (ir)

Composed forms of vinden (class 3 strong, auxiliary hân)

perfect
	singular	plural		singular	plural
indicative	ich hân vunden	wir hân vunden	subjunctive	ich habe vunden	wir haben vunden
	du hâst vunden	ir hât vunden		du habest vunden	ir habet vunden
	ër hât vunden	sie hânt vunden		ër habe vunden	sie haben vunden
pluperfect
indicative	ich habete vunden	wir habeten vunden	subjunctive	ich habete vunden	wir habeten vunden
	du habetest vunden	ir habetet vunden		du habetest vunden	ir habetet vunden
	ër habete vunden	sie habeten vunden		ër habete vunden	sie habeten vunden
future i
infinitive	vinden süln		subjunctive i	ich sul vinden	wir suln vinden
				du sule vinden	ir sulet vinden
				ër sul vinden	sie suln vinden
indicative	ich sol vinden	wir sulen vinden	subjunctive ii	ich sölte vinden ich sölde vinden	wir sölten vinden wir sölden vinden
	du solt vinden	ir sulet vinden		du söltest vinden du söldest vinden	ir söltet vinden ir söldet vinden
	ër sol vinden	sie sulen vinden		ër sölte vinden ër sölde vinden	sie sölten vinden sie sölden vinden
future ii
infinitive	vunden hân süln		subjunctive i	ich sul vunden hân	wir suln vunden hân
				du sule vunden hân	ir sulet vunden hân
				ër sul vunden hân	sie suln vunden hân
indicative	ich sol vunden hân	wir sulen vunden hân	subjunctive ii	ich sölte vunden hân ich sölde vunden hân	wir sölten vunden hân wir sölden vunden hân
	du solt vunden hân	ir sulet vunden hân		du söltest vunden hân du söldest vunden hân	ir söltet vunden hân ir söldet vunden hân
	ër sol vunden hân	sie sulen vunden hân		ër sölte vunden hân ër sölde vunden hân	sie sölten vunden hân sie sölden vunden hân

Derived terms

• enpfinden
• vunt

 

Descendants

• Alemannic German: fianda (Vorarlberg)
• Bavarian: findn

  Cimbrian: vènnan, bènnan, vennen, vintan

  Mòcheno: vinnen

• Central Franconian: fenge
• German: finden
• Luxembourgish: fannen
• Yiddish: געפֿינען (gefinen)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “vinden”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎^[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vinden m

1. definite singular of vind

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vinden m

1. definite singular of vind

Swedish

Noun

vinden

1. definite singular of vind