From Middle Low German vinden, from Old Saxon findan.
finden
finden
From Middle High German vinden, from Old High German findan. Cognate with Bavarian findn, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, English find, Danish finde.
finden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present findet, past tense fand, past participle gefunden, past subjunctive fände, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | finden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | findend | ||||
| past participle | gefunden | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich finde | wir finden | i | ich finde | wir finden |
| du findest | ihr findet | du findest | ihr findet | ||
| er findet | sie finden | er finde | sie finden | ||
| preterite | ich fand | wir fanden | ii | ich fände1 | wir fänden1 |
| du fandest du fandst |
ihr fandet | du fändest1 | ihr fändet1 | ||
| er fand | sie fanden | er fände1 | sie fänden1 | ||
| imperative | find (du) finde (du) |
findet (ihr) | |||
1This form and alternative in würde both found.
From Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan (with levelled Verner's Law alternations).
finden (third-person singular simple present findeth, present participle findende, findynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fand, past participle founden)
| infinitive | (to) finden, finde | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | finde | fand, found | |
| 2nd-person singular | findest, finst | founde, fande, fand, found | |
| 3rd-person singular | findeth, fint | fand, found | |
| subjunctive singular | finde | founde1, fande1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | finden, finde | founden, founde, fanden, fande | |
| imperative plural | findeth, finde | — | |
| participles | findynge, findende | founden, founde, yfounden, yfounde | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.