finde

English

Verb

finde

1. 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."

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 (imperative find, present finder, past fandt, past participle n fundet, c funden, pl fundne)

1. to find
2. to think, consider (with a noun clause)
3. (passive voice) to exist - see findes

Conjugation

Conjugation of finde

active passive present finder findes past fandt fandtes infinitive finde findes imperative find — participle present findende past fundet (auxiliary verb have or være) gerund finden

References

• “finde” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “finde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinde/ [ˈfin̪.d̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -inde

Etymology 1

A reduction of fin de semana

Noun

finde m (plural findes)

1. (colloquial) weekend

   Synonym: fin de semana f

Etymology 2

Verb

finde

1. inflection of findar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪndə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

finde

1. inflection of finden:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Latin

Verb

finde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of findō

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.de/

Verb

finde

1. inflection of findan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.dɨ/

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of fim de semana.

Noun

finde m (plural findes)

1. (colloquial, Brazil) weekend

   Synonym: fim de semana

Etymology 2

Verb

finde

1. inflection of findar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “finde”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Ellipsis of fin de semana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinde/ [ˈfĩn̪.d̪e]
• Rhymes: -inde
• Syllabification: fin‧de

Noun

finde m (plural findes)

1. (Spain, Southern Cone, Peru, colloquial) weekend

   Synonym: fin de semana

   ¿Cómo te fue el finde?

   How was your weekend?

Further reading

• “finde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025