sund
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɔnˀ]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sund (“swimming, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”).
Inflection
References
“sund,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Low German sunt, gesunt, from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz, cf. also English sound and German gesund.
Inflection
Inflection of sund | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | sund | sundere | sundest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | sundt | sundere | sundest2 |
Plural | sunde | sundere | sundest2 |
Definite attributive1 | sunde | sundere | sundeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
References
“sund,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”). Related to svimja.
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʏnt/
- Rhymes: -ʏnt
Noun
Declension
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.
Synonyms
References
- “sund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
References
- “sund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund (“a swimming, strait”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sund/
Noun
sund n
- swimming
- Ne eart þū ġenōg eald þæt þū āna on sund gā.
- You're not old enough to go swimming by yourself.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"
- God sealde þām fiscum sund and þām fuglum flyht, ac hē ne sealde nānum nīetene ne nānum fisċe nāne sāwle, ac heora blōd is heora līf, and swā hraðe swā hīe bēoþ dēade, swā bēoþ hīe mid ealle ġeendode.
- God gave swimming to the fish and flight to the birds, but he did not give a soul to any animal or any fish. Their blood is their life, and as soon as they’re dead, they are completely gone.
- (poetic) sea, water
Declension
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sun͈d/
Adverb
sund
For quotations using this term, see Citations:sund.
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon *sund, from Proto-West Germanic *sund.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɵnd/
Audio (file)
Declension
Inflection of sund | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sund | sundare | sundast |
Neuter singular | sunt | sundare | sundast |
Plural | sunda | sundare | sundast |
Masculine plural3 | sunde | sundare | sundast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sunde | sundare | sundaste |
All | sunda | sundare | sundaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Etymology 2
From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.
Noun
sund n
Usage notes
Used alone, Sundet refers to Öresund, between Denmark and Sweden.
Declension
Declension of sund | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sund | sundet | sund | sunden |
Genitive | sunds | sundets | sunds | sundens |