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Etymology

From Dutch vinden, from Middle Dutch vinden, from Old Dutch findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fənt/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

vind (present vind, present participle vindende, past participle gevind)

  1. (transitive) to find

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vindr (awry).

Adjective

vind (neuter vindt, plural and definite singular attributive vinde)

  1. crooked, warped
Inflection
More information positive, comparative ...

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.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vindr, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (blowing), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (to blow).

Noun

vind c (singular definite vinden, plural indefinite vinde)

  1. wind
  2. (figurative) trend; development; flow
Declension
More information common gender, singular ...
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vind

  1. imperative of vinde

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

vind

  1. inflection of vinden:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Danish vind, from Old Norse vindr, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (blowing), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (to blow).

Pronunciation

Noun

vind m (definite singular vinden, indefinite plural vinder, definite plural vindene)

  1. wind (movement of air)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse vindr, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (blowing), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (to blow). Akin to English wind.

Pronunciation

Noun

vind m (definite singular vinden, indefinite plural vindar, definite plural vindane)

  1. wind (movement of air)

Derived terms

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Old Norse

Noun

vind

  1. indefinite accusative singular of vindr

Verb

vind

  1. first-person singular present indicative active of vinda

Adjective

vind

  1. inflection of vindr:
    1. positive degree strong feminine nominative singular
    2. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish vinder, from Old Norse vindr, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (blowing), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (to blow).

Pronunciation

Adjective

vind (comparative vindare, superlative vindast)

  1. bent, twisted, warped (not straight)

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

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.

Synonyms

Noun

vind c

  1. wind (movement of air)
    • 1990, Sven-Ingvars, David Alexandre Winter, “Sommar och sol [Summer and sun]:
      Sommar, sommar och sol. Havet och vinden, och doft av kaprifol. Sommar, sommar och sol. En himmel så blå som viol.
      Summer, summer and sun. The sea and the wind, and scent of honeysuckle. Summer, summer and sun. A sky as blue as violet [flower].
  2. an attic, a loft
    vinden
    in the attic
    uppe på vinden
    up in the attic

Usage notes

(on) is the idiomatic preposition for an attic.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

wind
attic
  • torkvind
  • vindsbrand
  • vindsfönster
  • vindskammare
  • vindskontor
  • vindskupa
  • vindslucka
  • vindslya
  • vindslägenhet
  • vindsrum
  • vindsröjning
  • vindsskrubb
  • vindstrappa
  • vindsutrymme
  • vindsvåning

Descendants

  • Finnish: vintti

References

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