stund

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (point in time, hour), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (to stand).

Pronunciation

Noun

stund c (singular definite stunden, plural indefinite stunder)

  1. while

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (point in time, hour), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (to stand).

Noun

stund f (genitive singular stundar, plural stundir)

  1. while

Declension

Declension of stund
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stund stundin stundir stundirnar
accusative stund stundina stundir stundirnar
dative stund stundini stundum stundunum
genitive stundar stundarinnar stunda stundanna

German

Pronunciation

Verb

stund

  1. Archaic form of stand (first/third-person singular preterite of stehen).

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stund

Pronunciation

Noun

stund f (genitive singular stundar, nominative plural stundir)

  1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
  2. an hour
  3. exertion, application

Declension

    Declension of stund
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stund stundin stundir stundirnar
accusative stund stundina stundir stundirnar
dative stund stundinni stundum stundunum
genitive stundar stundarinnar stunda stundanna

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Derived terms

Middle English

Noun

stund

  1. Alternative form of stound: various spans of time.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stund.

Noun

stund f or m (definite singular stunda or stunden, indefinite plural stunder, definite plural stundene)

  1. a while
    for en stund siden – a while ago
  2. a moment

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stʉnː/, /stʊnː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stund.

Noun

stund f (definite singular stunda, indefinite plural stunder, definite plural stundene)

  1. a while
  2. a moment

Etymology 2

Verb

stund

  1. imperative of stunda

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (point in time, hour), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (to stand).

Cognate with Old Saxon stunda (Dutch stonde), Old High German stunta (German Stunde), Old Norse stund (Swedish stund).

Pronunciation

Noun

stund f (nominative plural stunda or stunde)

  1. time, while
    • Nō iċ þa stunde bemearn, ne for wunde weōpAt the time, I mourned not, nor for the wounded wept. (Exon. Th. 499, 12; Rä. 88, 14)
  2. a period of time, an hour [1]

Declension

Adverb

stund

  1. at once, forthwith, immediately
    • Hē word stunde āhōfHe brought up the word forthwith.

Derived terms

  • orlegstund (time of adversity)
  • stundmǣlum (from time to time, gradually: time after time, alternately)
  • stundum (from time to time, at times; with effort, laboriously, eagerly, fiercely)
  • winterstund (winter-hour, short time)
  • woruldstund (life in this world, sojourn upon earth)

Descendants

  • Middle English: stund, stounde, stound

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stundō (point in time, hour), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop). Compare Old English stund, Old Frisian stunde, Old Saxon stunda, Old High German stunta, stunt, Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*stunda) (> Catalan estona (time, while)).

Noun

stund f

  1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
    um stundfor a while
  2. hour
    í degi dægr tvau, í dægri stundir tólfin a day are two half-days, in a half-day twelve hours
  3. (grammar) a mora, a unit of time used in measuring syllable length

Declension

Descendants

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German stundstunde.

Noun

stund m ?

  1. hour

References

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    Polański, Kazimierz (1993) “brado”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 5 (sahi – ťüzǝc), Warszawa: Energeia, page 778
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “brado”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 140
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1971) “Stund”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 2: P – S, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1117

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (point in time, hour), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (to stand).

Pronunciation

  • Audio; en stund:(file)

Noun

stund c

  1. while
  2. moment, time

Declension

Declension of stund 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stund stunden stunder stunderna
Genitive stunds stundens stunders stundernas

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