sund

See also: Sund

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔnˀ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse sund (“swimming, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”).

Noun

sund n (singular definite sundet, plural indefinite sunde)

1. a sound, strait

Inflection

Declension of sund

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sund	sundet	sunde	sundene
genitive	sunds	sundets	sundes	sundenes

References

“sund,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German sunt, gesunt, from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz, cf. also English sound and German gesund.

Adjective

sund

1. healthy, wholesome

Inflection

Inflection of sund

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	sund	sundere	sundest2
indefinite neuter singular	sundt	sundere	sundest2
plural	sunde	sundere	sundest2
definite attributive1	sunde	sundere	sundeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

“sund,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.

Interjection

sund

1. pity, a shame

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited 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)

1. (geography) sound, channel

Declension

Declension of sund
n3	singular		plural
	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

Inherited 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)

1. (uncountable) swimming, the act of swimming
2. channel, strait, sound
3. alley, lane

Declension

Declension of sund (neuter)

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

Derived terms

• sundkona
• sundmaður

 

See also

• eiði

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.

Noun

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

1. sound, strait, channel

   Synonym: strede

References

• “sund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• soinn (eye dialect)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sund.

Noun

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

1. sound, strait, channel

References

• “sund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sund/

Noun

sund n

1. swimming

   Ne eart þū ġenōg eald þæt þū āna on sund gā.

   You're not old enough to go swimming by yourself.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"

     God sealde þām fiscum 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 are completely gone.

2. (poetic) sea, water

Declension

Declension of sund (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sund	sund
accusative	sund	sund
genitive	sundes	sunda
dative	sunde	sundum

Derived terms

• sundlīne
• sundplega
• sundrāp
• sundwudu
• sundġierd

 

Descendants

• Middle English: sound
  • English: sound
  • Scots: sound
• → Old French: sonde
  • Middle French: sonde
    • French: sonde
  • ⇒ Old French: sonder
    • Middle French: sonder
      • French: sonder
        • ⇒ French: sondage

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• sunda, sunna, sunt

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *sondos (more specifically, its dative singular *sondūi); cognate with Welsh hwn (“this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sun͈d/

Adverb

sund

1. here (in this place)

   Synonym: siu

2. here (to this place), hither

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sund.

Mutation

Mutation of sund

radical	lenition	nasalization
sund	ṡund	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon *sund, from Proto-West Germanic *sund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɵnd/

• Audio:

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Adjective

sund

1. sound, healthy (medically or mentally)

Declension

Inflection of sund

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	sund	sundare	sundast
neuter singular	sunt	sundare	sundast
plural	sunda	sundare	sundast
masculine plural2	sunde	sundare	sundast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sunde	sundare	sundaste
all	sunda	sundare	sundaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• osund
• sundhet

 

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sund n

1. (geography) a strait, a sound (relatively narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water at the same level, or going between an island and the mainland or between two islands)

   Gibraltar sund

   Strait of Gibraltar

Usage notes

Unqualified, sundet sometimes refers to Öresund, between Denmark and Sweden.

Declension

Declension of sund

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sund	sunds
	definite	sundet	sundets
plural	indefinite	sund	sunds
	definite	sunden	sundens

See also

• kanal
• vik

References

• sund in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sund in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sund in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• duns