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English
Etymology
From the common noun sound (“strait, inlet”).
Proper noun
The Sound
- The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund.
- Synonym of Plymouth Sound, Devon, England.
Translations
strait that separates Zealand from Scania
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sound.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sound m (strong, genitive Sounds, plural Sounds)
- (music) sound
2021 November 23, Robert Mießner, “US-Freejazz-Trio spielt im Berliner KUZU: Tricks und Kicks mit Lärm”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Der Trick und der Kick dieser 25 Minuten war, wie sich unmerklich der Sound dann doch wieder in Richtung schönster und heftigster Noise bewegte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Sound” in Duden online
- “Sound” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian sand, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
Sound m
- sand