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Russian
Etymology
From Latin gerundium or German hier und da.
Pronunciation
Noun
ерунда́ • (jerundá) f inan (genitive ерунды́, uncountable)
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) nonsense, rubbish
- trifle
Declension
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ерунда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress