wund

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German wunt, from Old High German wunt, from Proto-West Germanic *wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundaz (wounded), from the verb *wundōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vʊnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʊnt
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

wund (strong nominative masculine singular wunder, comparative wunder, superlative am wundesten)

  1. wounded, injured, sore

Declension

Further reading

  • wund” in Duden online
  • wund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundaz, from the verb *wundōną (to wound).

Adjective

wund

  1. wounded, injured, sore
    10th century, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book[1]:
    Ic eom anhaga iserne wund bille gebennad beadoweorca sæd ecgum werig
    I am a lonely thing, wounded with iron, smitten by sword, sated with battle-work, weary of blades.
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō.

Noun

wund f

  1. a wound, an injury
Descendants
  • Middle English: wund, wonde, wound

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundaz, from the verb *wundōną.

Adjective

wund

  1. wounded

Declension