Danish

Noun

synd c (singular definite synden, plural indefinite synder)

1. sin
2. pity, shame, sorrow

Derived terms

• for sine synders skyld - "because of his sins" (in punishment of)

jeg blev leder af virksomheden for mine synders skyld - I became leader of this company in punishment of my sins (jocular)

• det er synd - it's a pity

det er synd for hende - it's a pity for her

• vejret er godt, det var synd at sige noget andet - the weather is fine, it would be a shame to say something else
• fædrenes synder straffes på børnene - "the children will pay for the sins of the fathers" (after 2. Mos. 20,5)

Related terms

• synde verb

Inflection

References

• Nudansk Ordbog (edition of 1974)
• ODS på nettet

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪnd]

Noun

synd f (genitive singular syndar, plural syndir)

1. sin
2. injustice
3. pity, sorrow, shame

Usage notes

• Dagin eftir sær hann Jesus koma til sín og sigur: »Sí, Guðs lamb, sum ber synd heimsins! ... « (Joh. 1,29)
• gera synd við ein - to treat someone unjust
• tað er synd fyri hann - this is a pity for him
• tað er synd í honum - he is to pity
• mær tykir synd í honum - I have pity on him, I feel sorry for him

Related terms

• synda (to sin)

Declension

References

• V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (vol. 2, p. 340: synd)
• Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (synd)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪnt]
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

synd f ‎(genitive singular syndar, nominative plural syndir)

1. sin
2. shame

   Það er synd að þetta skuli vera svona.‎

   It is a shame it has to be like that.

Declension

Usage notes

• segja til syndanna (to lecture somebody, to give a good talking to)

Related terms

• syndga (to sin)

References

• Icelandic Online Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

Noun

synd f, m ‎(definite singular synda or synden, indefinite plural synder, definite plural syndene)

1. a sin
2. a pity, shame, sorrow
3. synes synd på - to be / feel sorry for

Related terms

• synde (to sin)
• synder

Derived terms

• dødssynd
• syndebukk

References

• “synd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

Noun

synd f ‎(definite singular synda, indefinite plural synder, definite plural syndene)

1. a sin
2. a pity, shame, sorrow

Related terms

• synde (to sin)

Derived terms

• dødssynd
• syndebukk

References

• “synd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sundijō, whence also Old English synn, Old Saxon sundia, Old High German sunta, Old Dutch sunda.

Noun

synd f

1. sin

Descendants

References

• synd in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

Pronunciation

Noun

synd c

1. sin

Declension

Interjection

synd

1. (what a) pity, shame