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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Norse sund (swimming, sound), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (to swim).

Noun

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sund n (singular definite sundet, plural indefinite sunde)

  1. a sound, strait
Inflection
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References

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sund,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Middle Low German sunt, gesunt, from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz, cf. also English sound and German gesund.

Adjective

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sund

  1. healthy, wholesome
Inflection
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Inflection of sund
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular sund sundere sundest2
indefinite neuter singular sundt sundere sundest2
plural sunde sundere sundest2
definite attributive1 sunde sundere sundeste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

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sund,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

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Etymology

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Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.

Interjection

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sund

  1. pity, a shame

Faroese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (swimming; sound). Related to svimja.

Noun

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sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund)

  1. (geography) sound, channel

Declension

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n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sund sundið sund sundini
accusative sund sundið sund sundini
dative sundi sundinum sundum sundunum
genitive sunds sundsins sunda sundanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sund n (genitive singular sunds, nominative plural sund)

  1. (uncountable) swimming, the act of swimming
  2. channel, strait, sound
  3. alley, lane

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Derived terms

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See also

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse sund (swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (swimming, sound, strait), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.

Noun

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sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda or sundene)

  1. sound, strait, channel
    Synonym: strede

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse sund.

Noun

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sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda)

  1. sound, strait, channel

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Old English

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund (a swimming, strait)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sund n

  1. swimming
    Ne eart þū ġenōg eald þæt þū āna on sund gā.
    You're not old enough to go swimming by yourself.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"
      God sealde þām fiscum sund and þām fuglum flyht, ac hē ne sealde nānum nīetene ne nānum fisċe nāne sāwle, ac heora blōd is heora līf, and swā hraðe swā hīe bēoþ dēade, swā bēoþ hīe mid ealle ġeendode.
      God gave swimming to the fish and flight to the birds, but he did not give a soul to any animal or any fish. Their blood is their life, and as soon as they’re dead, they are completely gone.
  2. (poetic) sea, water

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative sund sund
accusative sund sund
genitive sundes sunda
dative sunde sundum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: sound
  • Old French: sonde

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Celtic *sondos (more specifically, its dative singular *sondūi); cognate with Welsh hwn (this).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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sund

  1. here (in this place)
    Synonym: siu
  2. here (to this place), hither

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sund.

Mutation

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Mutation of sund
radical lenition nasalization
sund ṡund unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon *sund, from Proto-West Germanic *sund.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɵnd/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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sund

  1. sound, healthy (medically or mentally)
Declension
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Inflection of sund
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sund sundare sundast
neuter singular sunt sundare sundast
plural sunda sundare sundast
masculine plural2 sunde sundare sundast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sunde sundare sundaste
all sunda sundare sundaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.

Noun

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sund n

  1. (geography) a strait, a sound (relatively narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water at the same level, or going between an island and the mainland or between two islands)
    Gibraltar sund
    Strait of Gibraltar
Usage notes
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Unqualified, sundet sometimes refers to Öresund, between Denmark and Sweden.

Declension
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References

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Anagrams

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