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vinden

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Danish

Noun

vinden c

  1. definite singular of vind
  2. definite singular of vinde

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vinden, from Old Dutch findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪndə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vin‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɪndən

Verb

vinden

  1. (transitive) to find (after searching)
    Gevonden! ― Found (it)!
    Ik zal je vinden. ― I'll find you.
  2. (transitive) to find, to come across
    Plots vond ik een pen. ― All of a sudden I found a pen.
    • 2021, Huber M., van den Brekel-Dijkstra K., Jung H.P., “Inleiding”, in Handboek Positieve Gezondheid in de huisartspraktijk, →DOI:
      De anderhalvemetereconomie zorgt ervoor dat huisartsen- en ziekenhuiszorg zo georganiseerd moeten worden dat patiënten, letterlijk en figuurlijk, waar dat kan zo veel mogelijk ob afstand worden gehouden tot er een vaccin gevonden is en dat breed wordt toegepast.
      The one-and-a-half-meter economy means that general practitioners and hospitals must be organized so that, literally and figuratively, patients are distanced as much as possible until a vaccine is available and has been widely distributed.
  3. (transitive, copulative) to find, to think, to feel, to be of opinion
    Ze vinden de film walgelijk. ― They find the film disgusting.

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (strong class 3a), infinitive ...

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
verbs

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vind
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fende
  • Jersey Dutch: vände
  • Negerhollands: vind, fin
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fint, fent
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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch findan.

Verb

vinden

  1. to find (after searching)
  2. to find, to come across, to encounter
  3. to discover
  4. to judge, to deem
  5. to think of, to come up with

Inflection

More information infinitive, base form ...

Descendants

  • Dutch: vinden
  • Limburgish: vinje

Further reading

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Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German findan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvindən/, /ˈfindən/

Verb

vinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present vindet, past tense vant, past participle vunden, past subjunctive vünde, auxiliary hān)

  1. to find
    In grôȥen vreuden er schein
    und bat sîn vriunde dô
    daȥ sie mit im wæren vrô,
    wan er hæte an den stunden
    sîn verlorneȥ schâf vunden.     ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinden (class 3 strong, auxiliary hān)
More information infinitive, genitive gerund ...
Composed forms of vinden (class 3 strong, auxiliary hān)
More information perfect, singular ...

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “vinden”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vinden m

  1. definite singular of vind

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vinden m

  1. definite singular of vind

Swedish

Noun

vinden

  1. definite singular of vind

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