Norwegian

Proper noun

Sund

1. A municipality in Hordaland, Norway

Dutch

Etymology

Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.

Interjection

sund

1. pity!, a shame

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą ‎(“swimming; sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem- ‎(“swimming; sea”). Related to svimja.

Noun

sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund)

1. (geography) sound, channel

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *swem- ‎(“swimming; sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʏnt/

  Rhymes: -ʏnt

Noun

sund n ‎(genitive singular sunds, nominative plural sund)

1. (uncountable) swimming, the act of swimming
2. channel, strait, sound
3. alley, lane

Declension

See also

• eiði

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sund

Noun

sund n ‎(definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda or sundene)

1. sound, strait, channel

Synonyms

• strede

References

• “sund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sund

Noun

sund n ‎(definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda)

1. sound, strait, channel

References

• “sund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

sund n ‎(nominative plural sund)

1. swimming
2. (poetic) sea, water

Derived terms

• sundwudu

Descendants

• English: sound

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• sunda
• sunna
• sunt

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh hwn ‎(“this”) and Proto-Celtic *sindos ‎(“this”) (see sin and in).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sun͈d/

Adverb

sund

1. here (in this place)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 24^a38

     Ní epur a n-anman sund.

     I do not say their names here.

2. here (to this place), hither

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɵnd/

Adjective

sund

1. sound, healthy (medically or mentally)

Declension

Related terms

• sundhet

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.

Noun

sund n

1. sound, strait (narrow water)

Declension

Usage notes

• Used alone, sundet refers to Öresund between Denmark and Sweden.