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vanden

vanden

Danish

Noun

vanden c

  1. singular definite of vand

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vanden, from Old Dutch *fandon, from Proto-Germanic *fandōną (to seek, to search for, to examine), an o-grade iterative derived from *finþaną (to find) (modern vinden).

Cognate to English fand (to search; to try; to examine), German fahnden ((law enforcement) to search).

Verb

vanden

  1. (archaic, dialectal) to visit
  2. (archaic, dialectal) to seek, to search for
  3. (archaic, dialectal) to test, to try, to trial
  4. (archaic, dialectal) to investigate, to examine

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

  • vandelen
  • vander, vandster
  • vanding