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vanden
vanden
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
- (archaic, dialectal) to visit
- (archaic, dialectal) to seek, to search for
- (archaic, dialectal) to test, to try, to trial
- (archaic, dialectal) to investigate, to examine
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
- vandelen
- vander, vandster
- vanding