sund

See also: Sund

Dutch

Etymology

Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.

Interjection

sund

pity, a shame

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”). Related to svimja.

Noun

sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund)

(geography) sound, channel

Declension

Declension of sund
n3	singular		plural
n3	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sund	sundið	sund	sundini
accusative	sund	sundið	sund	sundini
dative	sundi	sundinum	sundum	sundunum
genitive	sunds	sundsins	sunda	sundanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sʏnt/
Rhymes: -ʏnt

Noun

sund n (genitive singular sunds, nominative plural sund)

(uncountable) swimming, the act of swimming
channel, strait, sound
alley, lane

Declension

declension of sund

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	sund	sundið	sund	sundin
accusative	sund	sundið	sund	sundin
dative	sundi	sundinu	sundum	sundunum
genitive	sunds	sundsins	sunda	sundanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sund

Noun

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

sound, strait, channel

Synonyms

strede

References

“sund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sund

Noun

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

sound, strait, channel

References

“sund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sund/

Noun

sund n (nominative plural sund)

swimming
Þū neart ġenōg eald þæt þū āna on sund gā.
You're not old enough to go swimming by yourself.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"
  God sealde þām fixum 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 have totally ended.
(poetic) sea, water

Derived terms

sundwudu

Descendants

English: sound

Old Irish

Alternative forms

sunda
sunna
sunt

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh hwn (“this”) and Proto-Celtic *sindos (“this”) (see sin and in).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sun͈d/

Adverb

sund

here (in this place)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 24a38
  Ní epur a n-anman sund.
  I do not say their names here.
here (to this place), hither

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɵnd/
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Adjective

sund

sound, healthy (medically or mentally)

Declension

Inflection of sund
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	sund	sundare	sundast
Neuter singular	sunt	sundare	sundast
Plural	sunda	sundare	sundast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	sunde	sundare	sundaste
All	sunda	sundare	sundaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Related terms

sundhet

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sund n

sound, strait (narrow water)

Usage notes

Used alone, sundet refers to Öresund between Denmark and Sweden.

Declension

Declension of sund
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sund	sundet	sund	sunden
Genitive	sunds	sundets	sunds	sundens