finde
English
Verb
finde
- Archaic spelling of find.
- 1604, King James I, A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco:
- [F] The other argument drawen from a mistaken experience, is but the more particular probation of this generall, because it is alleaged to be found true by proofe, that by the taking of Tobacco diuers and very many doe finde themselves cured of diuers diseases as on the other part, no man euer receiued harme thereby.
- 1616, Alexander Roberts, A Treatise of Witchcraft:
- Which Sea, though it will yeeld good plenty of such like presidents, and we may finde them in authenticall records of Histories, yet I content my selfe with this one.
- 1663, Samuel Pepys, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Strange things are told of this vessel, and he concludes his letter with this position, "I only affirm that the perfection of sayling lies in my principle, finde it out who can."
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Anagrams
- endif, fiend, fined, indef, indef.
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish finnæ, from Old Norse finna (“find”), from Proto-Germanic *finþaną. Cognate with English find and German finden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fenə/, [ˈfenə]
- Homophone: finne
Verb
finde (past tense fandt, past participle n fundet, c funden, plural and definite singular fundne)
- to find
- to think, consider (with a noun clause)
- (passive) to exist - see findes
Inflection
Inflection of finde
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | finder | fandt |
| perfect | har fundet | havde fundet |
| passive | findes | fandtes |
| participle | findende | fundet |
| imperative | find | — |
| infinitive | finde | — |
| auxiliary verb | have | — |
| gerund | finden | — |
Galician
Etymology
A reduction of fin de semana
Noun
finde m (plural findes)
- (colloquial) weekend
Synonyms
- fin de semana f
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪndə/
Audio (file)
Verb
finde
- inflection of finden:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Latin
Verb
finde
- second-person singular present active imperative of findō
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Ellipsis of fim de semana.
Noun
finde m (plural findes)
- (colloquial, Brazil) weekend
- Synonym: fim de semana
Verb
finde
- inflection of findar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Etymology
Ellipsis of fin de semana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfinde/ [ˈfĩn̪.d̪e]
- Rhymes: -inde
- Syllabification: fin‧de
Noun
finde m (plural findes)
- (colloquial) weekend
- Synonym: fin de semana
Further reading
- “finde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014