stund

See also: stuņḑ and Stund

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish stund, from Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsdɔnˀ]

Noun

stund c (singular definite stunden, plural indefinite stunder)

1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
2. a moment

   Synonym: øjeblik

Declension

Declension of stund

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stund	stunden	stunder	stunderne
genitive	stunds	stundens	stunders	stundernes

See also

• afskedsstund
• aftenstund
• al den stund
• dødsstund
• hyggestund
• hyrdestund
• i skrivende stund
• lykkestund
• middagsstund
• morgenstund
• morgenstund har guld i mund
• mørkningsstund
• nu om stunder
• skæbnestund
• stjernestund
• stunde
• stundesløs
• stundom

References

• “stund” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”).

Noun

stund f (genitive singular stundar, plural stundir)

1. while

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stund	stundin	stundir	stundirnar
accusative	stund	stundina	stundir	stundirnar
dative	stund	stundini	stundum	stundunum
genitive	stundar	stundarinnar	stunda	stundanna

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʊnt/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -ʊnt
• Homophone: Stund

Verb

stund

1. archaic form of stand, first/third-person singular preterite of stehen

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʏnt/

  Rhymes: -ʏnt

Noun

stund f (genitive singular stundar, nominative plural stundir)

1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
2. an hour

   Synonyms: klukkustund, klukkutími

3. exertion, application

   Synonym: ástundun

Declension

Declension of stund (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stund	stundin	stundir	stundirnar
accusative	stund	stundina	stundir	stundirnar
dative	stund	stundinni	stundum	stundunum
genitive	stundar	stundarinnar	stunda	stundanna

Derived terms

• á sömu stund (“at the same time”)
• klukkustund (“hour”)
• nú um stundir (“nowadays”)
• stundum
• um stund (“for a while”)
• um stundar sakir (“for the time being; temporarily”)
• þegar fram lída stundir (“as time goes by; in the future”)
• öllum stundum (“all the time”)

Middle English

Noun

stund

1. alternative form of stound: various spans of time

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stund.

Noun

stund f or m (definite singular stunda or stunden, indefinite plural stunder, definite plural stundene)

1. a while

   for en stund siden – a while ago

2. a moment

Derived terms

• i skrivende stund

References

• “stund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʉnː/, /stʊnː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stund.

Noun

stund f (definite singular stunda, indefinite plural stunder, definite plural stundene)

1. a while
2. a moment

Etymology 2

Verb

stund

1. imperative of stunda

References

• “stund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”).

Cognate with Old Saxon stunda (Dutch stonde), Old High German stunta (German Stunde), Old Norse stund (Swedish stund).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stund/

Noun

stund f (nominative plural stunda or stunde)

1. time, while
   • Nō iċ þa stunde bemearn, ne for wunde weōp ― At the time, I mourned not, nor for the wounded wept. (Exon. Th. 499, 12; Rä. 88, 14)
2. a period of time, an hour

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	stund	stunda, stunde
accusative	stunde	stunda, stunde
genitive	stunde	stunda
dative	stunde	stundum

Adverb

stund

1. at once, forthwith, immediately
   • Hē word stunde āhōf ― He brought up the word forthwith.

Derived terms

• orlegstund (“time of adversity”)
• stundmǣlum (“from time to time, gradually: time after time, alternately”)
• stundum (“from time to time, at times; with effort, laboriously, eagerly, fiercely”)
• winterstund (“winter-hour, short time”)
• woruldstund (“life in this world, sojourn upon earth”)

Descendants

• Middle English: stund, stounde, stound
  • English: stound

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”). Compare Old English stund, Old Frisian stunde, Old Saxon stunda, Old High German stunta, stunt, Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*stunda) (> Catalan estona (“time, while”)).

Noun

stund f

1. an undetermined amount of time, a while

   um stund ― for a while

2. hour

   í degi dægr tvau, í dægri stundir tólf ― in a day are two half-days, in a half-day twelve hours

3. (grammar) a mora, a unit of time used in measuring syllable length

Declension

Declension of stund (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stund	stundin	stundar, stundir	stundarnar, stundirnar
accusative	stund	stundina	stundar, stundir	stundarnar, stundirnar
dative	stund	stundinni	stundum	stundunum
genitive	stundar	stundarinnar	stunda	stundanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: stund
• Faroese: stund
• Norwegian Bokmål: stund
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stund
• Old Swedish: stund
  • Swedish: stund
• Old Danish: stund
  • Danish: stund

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German stund / stunde.

Noun

stund m ?

1. hour

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1993), “brado”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 5 (sahi – ťüzǝc), Warszawa: Energeia, page 778
• Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “brado”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 140
• Olesch, Reinhold (1971), “Stund”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 2: P – S, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1117

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• Audio; “en stund”:

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Noun

stund c

1. while
2. moment, time

Declension

Declension of stund

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stund	stunds
	definite	stunden	stundens
plural	indefinite	stunder	stunders
	definite	stunderna	stundernas

Derived terms

• stundom

See also

• morgonstund har guld i mund

Further reading

• stund in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• dunst