Plunder

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: plunder and plünder

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German plunder (“household furniture, clothes, linen”). Cognate with Middle Low German plunde (“clothing”), Dutch plunderen (“to plunder”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈplʊndɐ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Plun‧der

Noun[edit]

Plunder m (mixed, genitive Plunders, plural Plundern)

  1. (uncountable) junk, rubbish
    Synonyms: Kram, Krempel, Trödel; see also Thesaurus:Zeug
  2. (countable) Danish pastry
    Synonyms: Plundergebäck, Teilchen

Declension[edit]

Declension of Plunder [masculine, mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Plunder die Plundern
genitive eines des Plunders der Plundern
dative einem dem Plunder den Plundern
accusative einen den Plunder die Plundern

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Plunder&oldid=65739868"