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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

Noun

stund c (singular definite stunden, plural indefinite stunder)

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

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...

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

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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

More information f2, singular ...
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German

Pronunciation

Verb

stund

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

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stund.

Pronunciation

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

More information singular, plural ...

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)
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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

References

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

Old English

Old Norse

Polabian

Swedish

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