rund

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Contents 1 Danish 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Derived terms 3 Faroese 3.1 Adjective 3.1.1 Declension 4 German 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adjective 4.2.1 Synonyms 4.2.2 Antonyms 4.2.3 Usage notes 4.2.4 Derived terms 4.3 Adverb 4.3.1 Synonyms 4.3.2 Antonyms 4.3.3 Derived terms

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Low German runt, from Old French ront, roont, from Latin rotundus, related to rota, from Proto-Indo-European *Hroth₂-o- (“‘wheel’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ron/, [ʁɔnˀ]

[edit] Adjective

rund (neuter rundt, definite and plural runde)

1. round
2. plump, chubby, rotund
3. smooth (beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent)
4. (colloquial) sane

[edit] Usage notes

• jorden er rund - the Earth is spherical
• er du rigtig rund?!? - are you insane?!?

[edit] See also

• rundt (adverbial form)

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

rund n. (plural runderen, diminutive rundje, diminutive plural rundjes)

1. any bovine animal
2. a stupid person, especially a woman

[edit] Derived terms

• rundvlees

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Adjective

rund f.

1. round, femal form of rundur

[edit] Declension

rundur a7
Singular (eintal)	m. (kallkyn)	f. (kvennkyn)	n. (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	rundur	rund	runt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	rundan	runda
Dative (hvørjumfall)	rundum	rundari	rundum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(runds)	(rundar/ rundrar)	(runds)
Plural (fleirtal)	m. (kallkyn)	f. (kvennkyn)	n. (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	rundir	rundar	rund
Accusative (hvønnfall)	rundar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	rundum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(runda rundra)

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

Middle High German runt, like English round and Dutch rond from Old French ront < Latin rotundus "round" from Latin rota "wheel, disk", cf. German Rad.

[edit] Adjective

rund (comparative runder, superlative am rundesten)

1. round, rounded, similar as in English, especially:
2. circular
3. spherical, globular, ball-shaped
4. corpulent, thick
5. (engine operation) regular

[edit] Synonyms

• (circular) kreisförmig
• (spherical) kugelförmig, ballförmig
• (thick) korpulent, dick
• (regular) gleichmäßig, ordentlich

[edit] Antonyms

• eckig
• flach, würfelförmig
• schlank, dünn
• unrund

[edit] Usage notes

• runde Kante - rounded edge
• runder Tisch - round table
• runde Summe / runder Betrag - round sum
• runde Zahl - round tol
• runde Klammer - parenthesis
• runder Vokal - round vowel
• die Erde ist rund (und nicht flach) - the Earth is spherical (and not flat)
• eine runde Figur haben - to be corpulent build
• der Motor läuft rund - the motor runs regular

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Adverb

rund

1. around
2. roughly, approximately, about
   • rund hundert Leute — about 100 people
   • rund tausend Menschen — about a thousand people

[edit] Synonyms

• roughly zirka, ungefähr, etwa

[edit] Antonyms

• roughly genau, exakt

[edit] Derived terms

• rund um die Uhr
• rund um die Erde