vorfinden

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German

Etymology

From vor- +‎ finden. Compare German Low German vörfinden, vörfinnen, Dutch voorvinden, Saterland Frisian foarfiende.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfɪndən/,
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  • Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

Verb

vorfinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present findet vor, past tense fand vor, past participle vorgefunden, past subjunctive fände vor, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to find; discover (after having arrived somewhere or opened sth.)
    Was werden wir in ihrem Haus vorfinden?
    What will we find when we get to her house?

Conjugation

Further reading

  • vorfinden” in Duden online
  • vorfinden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache