Alemannic German

Noun

Stund f

1. (Alsatian) hour

Danish

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsdɔnˀ]

Noun

stund c (singular definite stunden, plural indefinite stunder)

1. while

See also

• morgenstund har guld i mund

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

Icelandic

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
3. exertion, application

Declension

Synonyms

• (hour): klukkustund, klukkutími
• (exertion): ástundun

Derived terms

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stund

Noun

stund f, 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

Etymology

From Old Norse stund

Noun

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

1. a while
2. a moment

References

• “stund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

stund f ‎(nominative plural stunda or stunde)

1. time, while

   Nó ic ða stunde bemearn, ne for wunde weóp — At the time, I mourned not, nor for the wounded wept.

2. A period of time, an hour; specifically, a division of the day probably equivalent to about three hours

Adverb

stund

1. at once, forthwith, immediately

   Hé word stunde áhóf — He brought up the word forthwith.

See also

The eight stunda:

Derived terms

• orlegstund f. — time of adversity
• stundmǣlum adv. — from time to time, gradually: time after time, alternately.
• stundum adv. — from time to time, at times; with effort, laboriously, eagerly, fiercely
• winterstund f. — winter-hour, short time
• woruldstund f. — life in this world, sojourn upon earth

Descendants

• English: stound

Swedish

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”).

Pronunciation

Noun

stund c

1. while
2. moment, time

See also

• morgonstund har guld i mund