Spund
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃpʊnt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʊnt
- Hyphenation: Spund
Etymology 1
From Late Middle High German spunt m or n (meaning both bung-hole and bung), probably (ultimately) from Latin expūnctum (expungere), whence Middle Low German spunt, Middle Dutch spond (→ spondgat), Dutch spon. Originally only with the meaning of bung-hole (German Spundloch, Anstichöffnung).[1] Possibly through an Italian intermediate spunta.
Noun
Spund m (strong, genitive Spundes or Spunds, plural Spünde)
- bung, plug, tap (stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of wood or rubber used to prevent fluid from passing through the opening of a vessel)
- Synonyms: Verschlußzapfen, Zapfen
- Coordinate term: Korken
- voll bis zum Spunde ― full to the brim (literally, “full to the bung”)
- (woodworking) a slat (elongated protrusion) on the side of a (wooden) plank used to join it with another plank that has a fitting groove to receive the slat; tongue
- Synonym: Feder
- Coordinate term: (receiving side) Nut
Declension
Declension of Spund [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Spund | die | Spünde |
| genitive | eines | des | Spundes, Spunds | der | Spünde |
| dative | einem | dem | Spund, Spunde1 | den | Spünden |
| accusative | einen | den | Spund | die | Spünde |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Derived terms
- Spundbohle
- Spundverschluss
- Spundwand
- Fassspund
Related terms
- Spundloch
Descendants
- → Czech: špunt
Etymology 2
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Noun
Spund m (strong, genitive Spundes or Spunds, plural Spunde)
- (informal, derogatory) an inexperienced, young man
- Synonym: Jungspund
Declension
Declension of Spund [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Spund | die | Spunde |
| genitive | eines | des | Spundes, Spunds | der | Spunde |
| dative | einem | dem | Spund, Spunde1 | den | Spunden |
| accusative | einen | den | Spund | die | Spunde |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Derived terms
- Jungspund
References
- Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Spund”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Further reading
- “Spund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Spund” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Spund” in Duden online
- “Spund”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Spund” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon