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Danish
Etymology
A borrowing from Middle Low German sin (“sense, perception, mind”), from Old Saxon *sinn, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.
Pronunciation
Noun
sind n (singular definite sindet, plural indefinite sind)
- mind
- temper, disposition
Derived terms
References
Estonian
Pronoun
sind
- partitive singular of sina
German
Etymology
From Middle High German sint. See sein for more. The modern spelling with d probably because nd is much more frequent in German than nt; perhaps also influenced by the present participle in -end.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɪnt/, , (southern also)
- IPA(key): /zɪn/ (colloquial; chiefly central and southern Germany)
Verb
sind
- first-person plural present of sein
- Wir sind hier drüben. ― We are over here.
- second-person polite present of sein
- Wo sind Sie? ― Where are you? (polite form)
- third-person plural present of sein
- Da sind sie. ― There they are.
Usage notes
- Colloquially, the verb may contract with the following pronoun wir (“we”) into the form simmer.
Gothic
Romanization
sind
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳
Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sind, plural present indicative of wesan (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *sindi, third-person plural present indicative of *wesaną (“to be, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.
Verb
sind
- (Early Middle English) plural present indicative of been
Usage notes
The usual plural form of been is aren in the North, been in the Midlands, and beth in the South;
sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sindi, third-person plural present indicative of *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sénti, third-person plural present indicative of *h₁ésti.
Pronunciation
Verb
sind
- plural present indicative of wesan
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sinþ.
Noun
sind m
- way
- travel
- direction
- side
Declension
Declension of sind (masculine a-stem)
Derived terms
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
- Wright, Joesph, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition (1906)
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English sinden (“to wash, rinse out”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse synda (“to swim”).
Verb
sind
- (transitive) To rinse; swill; wash.