sund

See also: Sund

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɔnˀ]

Etymology 1

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (to swim).

Noun

sund n (singular definite sundet, plural indefinite sunde)

  1. a sound, strait
Inflection

References

sund,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

sund

  1. healthy, wholesome
Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

sund,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.

Interjection

sund

  1. pity, a shame

Faroese

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (swimming; sound), from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (swimming; sea). Related to svimja.

Noun

sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

  1. (geography) sound, channel

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (swimming; sea).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʏnt/
    Rhymes: -ʏnt

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (swimming, sound, strait), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. sound, strait, channel

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. sound, strait, channel

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sund/

Noun

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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: sound

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh hwn (this) and Proto-Celtic *sindos (this) (see sin and in).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sun͈d/

Adverb

sund

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sund.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɵnd/
  • (file)

Adjective

sund

  1. sound, healthy (medically or mentally)
Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.

Noun

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

Used alone, Sundet refers to Öresund, between Denmark and Sweden.

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

See also

References

Anagrams

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