stund

See also: Stund

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish stund, from Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsdɔnˀ]

Noun

stund c (singular definite stunden, plural indefinite stunder)

1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
2. a moment

   Synonym: øjeblik

Declension

Declension of stund

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stund	stunden	stunder	stunderne
genitive	stunds	stundens	stunders	stundernes

See also

• afskedsstund
• aftenstund
• al den stund
• dødsstund
• hyggestund
• hyrdestund
• i skrivende stund
• lykkestund
• middagsstund
• morgenstund
• morgenstund har guld i mund
• mørkningsstund
• nu om stunder
• skæbnestund
• stjernestund
• stunde
• stundesløs
• stundom

References

• “stund” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (“to stand”).

Noun

stund f (genitive singular stundar, plural stundir)

1. while

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stund	stundin	stundir	stundirnar
accusative	stund	stundina	stundir	stundirnar
dative	stund	stundini	stundum	stundunum
genitive	stundar	stundarinnar	stunda	stundanna

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʊnt/

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• Rhymes: -ʊnt
• Homophone: Stund

Verb

stund

1. archaic form of stand, first/third-person singular preterite of stehen

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʏnt/

  Rhymes: -ʏnt

Noun

stund f (genitive singular stundar, nominative plural stundir)

1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
2. an hour

   Synonyms: klukkustund, klukkutími

3. exertion, application

   Synonym: ástundun

Declension

Declension of stund (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stund	stundin	stundir	stundirnar
accusative	stund	stundina	stundir	stundirnar
dative	stund	stundinni	stundum	stundunum
genitive	stundar	stundarinnar	stunda	stundanna

Derived terms

• á sömu stund (“at the same time”)
• klukkustund (“hour”)
• nú um stundir (“nowadays”)
• stundum
• um stund (“for a while”)
• um stundar sakir (“for the time being; temporarily”)
• þegar fram lída stundir (“as time goes by; in the future”)
• öllum stundum (“all the time”)

Middle English

Noun

stund

1. alternative form of stound: various spans of time

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stund.

Noun

stund f or m (definite singular stunda or stunden, indefinite plural stunder, definite plural stundene)

1. a while

   for en stund siden – a while ago

2. a moment

Derived terms

• i skrivende stund

References

• “stund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʉnː/, /stʊnː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stund.

Noun

stund f (definite singular stunda, indefinite plural stunder, definite plural stundene)

1. a while
2. a moment

Etymology 2

Verb

stund

1. imperative of stunda

References

• “stund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.