From Old Norse sund (“swimming, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”).
sund n (singular definite sundet, plural indefinite sunde)
“sund,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Borrowed from Middle Low German sunt, gesunt, from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz, cf. also English sound and German gesund.
sund
Inflection of sund | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | sund | sundere | sundest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | sundt | sundere | sundest2 |
Plural | sunde | sundere | sundest2 |
Definite attributive1 | sunde | sundere | sundeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
“sund,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.
sund
From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”). Related to svimja.
sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund)
Declension of sund | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sund | sundið | sund | sundini |
accusative | sund | sundið | sund | sundini |
dative | sundi | sundinum | sundum | sundunum |
genitive | sunds | sundsins | sunda | sundanna |
From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”).
sund n (genitive singular sunds, nominative plural sund)
From Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.
sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda or sundene)
sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda)
From Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund (“swimming, strait”)).
sund n
Cognate with Welsh hwn (“this”) and Proto-Celtic *sindos (“this”) (see sin and in).
sund
For quotations using this term, see Citations:sund.
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
sund | ṡund | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon *sund, from Proto-West Germanic *sund.
sund
Inflection of sund | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sund | sundare | sundast |
Neuter singular | sunt | sundare | sundast |
Plural | sunda | sundare | sundast |
Masculine plural3 | sunde | sundare | sundast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sunde | sundare | sundaste |
All | sunda | sundare | sundaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.
sund n
Used alone, Sundet refers to Öresund, between Denmark and Sweden.
Declension of sund | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sund | sundet | sund | sunden |
Genitive | sunds | sundets | sunds | sundens |