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vind

vind

Afrikaans

Verb

vind (present vind, present participle vindende, past participle gevind)

  1. to find

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋend/, [ʋenˀ]

Etymology 1

Adjective

vind

  1. crooked, warped
Inflection
Inflection of vind
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular vind 2
Neuter singular vindt 2
Plural vinde 2
Definite attributive1 vinde
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vindr, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (blowing), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (to blow).

Noun

vind c (singular definite vinden, plural indefinite vinde)

  1. wind
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

vind

  1. imperative of vinde

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɪnt/
  • Homophone: vindt

Verb

vind

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vinden
  2. imperative of vinden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vindr, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (blowing), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (to blow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋin/

Noun

vind m (definite singular vinden, indefinite plural vinder, definite plural vindene)

  1. wind (movement of air)

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Derived terms


Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vind m (definite singular vinden, indefinite plural vindar, definite plural vindane)

  1. wind (movement of air)

Derived terms


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vinder, from Old Norse vindr, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (blowing), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (to blow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɪnd/, [vɪnːd]

Adjective

vind (comparative vindare, superlative vindast)

  1. bent, twisted, warped (not straight)

Declension

Inflection of vind
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vind vindare vindast
Neuter singular vint vindare vindast
Plural vinda vindare vindast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vinde vindare vindaste
All vinda vindare vindaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Related terms

  • vindhet
  • vindögd

Synonyms

Noun

vind c

  1. a wind; movement of air
  2. an attic, a loft

Declension

Inflection of vind 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vind vinden vindar vindarna
Genitive vinds vindens vindars vindarnas

Related terms

wind
  • stormvind
  • vindblåst
  • vindby
  • vinddrag
  • vinddriven
  • vindenergi
  • vindfläkt
  • vindflöjel
  • vindfång
  • vindfälle
  • vindförhållanden
  • vindhastighet
  • vindhål
  • vindil
  • vindjacka
  • vindkantring
  • vindkast
  • vindkraft
  • vindkraftverk
  • vindkåre
  • vindkänslig
  • vindleka
  • vindlös
  • vindmätare
  • vindmölla
  • vindpinad
  • vindpust
  • vindriktning
  • vindros
  • vindrufs
  • vindruta
  • vindrätt
  • vindsida
  • vindskala
  • vindskiva
  • vindskydd
  • vindskyddad
  • vindsnabb
  • vindsnurra
  • vindstilla
  • vindstrut
  • vindstyrka
  • vindstöt
  • vindsurfa
  • vindsurfare
  • vindsurfingbräda
  • vindsurfning
  • vindtunnel
  • vindturbin
  • vindtyg
  • vindtät
  • vindvridning
  • vindöga
attic
  • vindsbrand
  • vindsfönster
  • vindskammare
  • vindskontor
  • vindskupa
  • vindslucka
  • vindslya
  • vindslägenhet
  • vindsrum
  • vindsröjning

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