Spund

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpʊnt/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊnt
  • Hyphenation: Spund

Etymology 1

From Late Middle High German spunt m or n (meaning both bung-hole and bung), probably (ultimately) from Latin expūnctum (expungere), whence Middle Low German spunt, Middle Dutch spond (→ spondgat), Dutch spon. Originally only with the meaning of bung-hole (German Spundloch, Anstichöffnung). Possibly through an Italian intermediate spunta.

Noun

Spund m (strong, genitive Spundes or Spunds, plural Spünde)

  1. bung, plug, tap (stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of wood or rubber used to prevent fluid from passing through the opening of a vessel)
    Synonyms: Verschlußzapfen, Zapfen
    Coordinate term: Korken
    voll bis zum Spunde ― full to the brim (literally, “full to the bung”)
  2. (woodworking) a slat (elongated protrusion) on the side of a (wooden) plank used to join it with another plank that has a fitting groove to receive the slat; tongue
    Synonym: Feder
    Coordinate term: (receiving side) Nut
Declension
Declension of Spund
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Spund die Spünde
genitive eines des Spundes, Spunds der Spünde
dative einem dem Spund, Spunde1 den Spünden
accusative einen den Spund die Spünde

1Now rare, see notes.

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Descendants
  • → Czech: špunt

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

Spund m (strong, genitive Spundes or Spunds, plural Spunde)

  1. (informal, derogatory) an inexperienced, young man
    Synonym: Jungspund
Declension
Declension of Spund
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Spund die Spunde
genitive eines des Spundes, Spunds der Spunde
dative einem dem Spund, Spunde1 den Spunden
accusative einen den Spund die Spunde

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Spund”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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