sind
Danish
Etymology
A borrowing from Middle Low German sin (“sense, perception, mind”), from Old Saxon *sinn, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsen/, [ˈsenˀ]
- Rhymes: -end
Derived terms
- have i sinde at
- i sit stille sind
References
- “sind” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
Etymology
From Middle High German sint. See sein for more. The modern spelling with d probably because nd is much more frequent in German than nt; perhaps also influenced by the present participle in -end.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɪnt/, [zɪnt], (southern also) [sɪnt]
- IPA(key): /zɪn/ (colloquial; chiefly central and southern Germany)
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Verb
sind
Gothic
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sind, plural present indicative of wesan (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *sindi, third-person plural present indicative of *wesaną (“to be, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sindi, third-person plural present indicative of *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sénti, third-person plural present indicative of *h₁ésti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sind/
Old High German
Alternative forms
- sinth
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sinþ.
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
- Wright, Joesph, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition (1906)
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English sinden (“to wash, rinse out”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse synda (“to swim”).