pund

Danish

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pund (masseenhed)

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, cognate with English pound, German Pfund. An early loan from Latin pondō (“by weight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -unˀ

Noun

pund n (singular definite pundet, plural indefinite pund)

1. pound (currency)
2. (historical or referring to foreign cultures) pound (unit of mass, usually between 350 and 500 g; 496 g in Denmark before 1839)
3. half a kilo (informal unit of mass, mostly used of foods or the weight of people)

Declension

References

• “pund” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰʊnt/

  Rhymes: -ʊnt

Noun

pund n (genitive singular punds, plural pund)

1. pound (weight or currency)

Declension

Derived terms

• skálpund n
• lispund n
• skippund n
• tvípund n

Gothic

Romanization

pund

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰʏnt/
• Rhymes: -ʏnt

Noun

pund n (genitive singular punds, nominative plural pund)

1. pound (unit of weight / mass)
   1. a traditional unit in Iceland (standardized at 498 grams or, informally, 500 g), 12 merkur
   2. various similar units from other areas, most commonly the avoirdupois pound (453.59237 g)
2. pound (unit of currency)
3. (uncountable) wealth, possessions
4. (uncountable, figurative) talents, gifts; merit, worth

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

pund

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.

Noun

pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda or pundene)

1. a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
2. a pound (former unit of weight in Norway, the term is still used for pound weights in other contexts)

References

• “pund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.

Noun

pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda)

1. a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
2. a pound (former unit of weight in Norway)

References

• “pund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pund/

Noun

pund n

1. pound (weight or currency)

Descendants

• Middle English: pund, punde, pounde, pound
  • English: pound

    Northumbrian: pund

  • → Middle Irish: punt
    • Irish: punt
    • Manx: punt
  • Scots: pund, poond

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish pund, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

pund n

1. a pound (unit of mass)
2. a pound (currency), capital, resources

Declension

Related terms

• lispund
• pundare
• skålpund
• skeppund

Further reading

• pund in Svensk ordbok.
• pund in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• pund in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)