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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse sund (“swimming, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”).

Noun

sund n (singular definite sundet, plural indefinite sunde)

  1. a sound, strait
Inflection
Declension of sund
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sund sundet sunde sundene
genitive sunds sundets sundes sundenes

References

“sund,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German sunt, gesunt, from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz, cf. also English sound and German gesund.

Adjective

sund

  1. healthy, wholesome
Inflection
Inflection of sund
positive comparative superlative
indefinite 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.

References

“sund,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.

Interjection

sund

  1. pity, a shame

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”). Related to svimja.

Noun

sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund)

  1. (geography) sound, channel

Declension

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

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą.

Pronunciation

Noun

sund n (genitive singular sunds, nominative plural sund)

  1. (uncountable) swimming, the act of swimming
  2. channel, strait, sound
  3. alley, lane

Declension

Declension of sund (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sund sundið sund sundin
accusative sund sundið sund sundin
dative sundi sundinu sundum sundunum
genitive sunds sundsins sunda sundanna

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

Inherited 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.

Noun

sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda or sundene)

  1. sound, strait, channel
    Synonym: strede

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sund.

Noun

sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda)

  1. sound, strait, channel

References

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund (“a swimming, strait”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

sund n

  1. swimming
    Ne eart þū ġenōg eald þæt þū āna on sund gā.
    You're not old enough to go swimming by yourself.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"
      God sealde þām fiscum sund and þām fuglum flyht, ac hē ne sealde nānum nīetene ne nānum fisċe nāne sāwle, ac heora blōd is heora līf, and swā hraðe swā hīe bēoþ dēade, swā bēoþ hīe mid ealle ġeendode.
      God gave swimming to the fish and flight to the birds, but he did not give a soul to any animal or any fish. Their blood is their life, and as soon as they’re dead, they are completely gone.
  2. (poetic) sea, water

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative sund sund
accusative sund sund
genitive sundes sunda
dative sunde sundum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: sound
  • → Old French: sonde

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *sondos (more specifically, its dative singular *sondūi); cognate with Welsh hwn (“this”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

sund

  1. here (in this place)
    Synonym: siu
  2. here (to this place), hither

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sund.

Mutation

Mutation of sund
radical lenition nasalization
sund ṡund unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swedish

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon *sund, from Proto-West Germanic *sund.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɵnd/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

sund

  1. sound, healthy (medically or mentally)
    en sund livsstil
    a healthy lifestyle
    en sund inställning
    a healthy attitude
Declension
Inflection of sund
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sund sundare sundast
neuter singular sunt sundare sundast
plural sunda sundare sundast
masculine plural2 sunde sundare sundast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sunde sundare sundaste
all sunda sundare sundaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.

Noun

sund n

  1. (geography) a strait, a sound (relatively narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water at the same level, or going between an island and the mainland or between two islands)
    Gibraltar sund
    Strait of Gibraltar
Usage notes

Unqualified, sundet sometimes refers to Öresund, between Denmark and Sweden.

Declension
Declension of sund
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sund sunds
definite sundet sundets
plural indefinite sund sunds
definite sunden sundens
See also

References

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