Plunder

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See also: plunder and plünder

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplʊndɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Plun‧der
  • Rhymes: -ʊndɐ

Noun

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

Declension of Plunder
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

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

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