Fund

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vunt (finding, discovery, find). Cognate with Old Norse fundr, Dutch vond (discovery, invention).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʊnt/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Homophone: Pfund Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "regional" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊnt

Noun

Fund m (genitive Funds or Fundes, plural Funde or Fünde, diminutive Fündchen n or Fündlein n)

  1. discovery, finding, find (something that is found)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fund”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

  • Fund” in Duden online