From Middle High German plundern, plunderen, from Middle Low German plunderen, plünderen, plünren, from Middle Low German plunder, plonder (“robbery, plunder", originally "thing, stuff”), related to Middle Low German plunde, plünde (“junk, stuff, rags, old clothes”), of unknown origin.
Compare Middle Low German plundich (“raggedy, tattered, shabby”). Cognate with Dutch plunderen, West Frisian plonderje, and (by borrowing from Early Modern German) English plunder. Related also to German Plunder (“stuff”).
plündern (weak, third-person singular present plündert, past tense plünderte, past participle geplündert, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | plündern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | plündernd | ||||
| past participle | geplündert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich plündre ich plündere ich plünder |
wir plündern | i | ich plündere ich plündre |
wir plündern |
| du plünderst | ihr plündert | du plünderest du plündrest |
ihr plünderet ihr plündret | ||
| er plündert | sie plündern | er plündere er plündre |
sie plündern | ||
| preterite | ich plünderte | wir plünderten | ii | ich plünderte1 | wir plünderten1 |
| du plündertest | ihr plündertet | du plündertest1 | ihr plündertet1 | ||
| er plünderte | sie plünderten | er plünderte1 | sie plünderten1 | ||
| imperative | plündre (du) plünder (du) plündere (du) |
plündert (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.