Stund
See also: stund
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German stunde, stunt, from Old High German stunta, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time; hour”).
Cognate with German Stunde, Dutch stond, English stound, Icelandic stund.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtʊnt/
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German stunt, from Old High German stunta, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”). Cognates include German Stunde, Yiddish שטונד (shtund), Dutch stond, English stound, Old Norse stund, Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*stunda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃd̥und̥/
East Central German
Further reading
- Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 96
German
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Noun
Stund f (genitive Stund, plural Stunden)
- (poetic) Apocopic form of Stunde
- 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Das Lied soll schauern und beben,
Wie der Kuß von ihrem Mund,
Den sie mir einst gegeben
In wunderbar süßer Stund.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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