stund

See also: Stund

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish stund, from Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (point in time, hour), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (to stand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsdɔnˀ]

Noun

stund c (singular definite stunden, plural indefinite stunder)

  1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
  2. a moment
    Synonym: øjeblik

Declension

Declension of stund
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stund stunden stunder stunderne
genitive stunds stundens stunders stundernes

See also

  • afskedsstund
  • aftenstund
  • al den stund
  • dødsstund
  • hyggestund
  • hyrdestund
  • i skrivende stund
  • lykkestund
  • middagsstund
  • morgenstund
  • morgenstund har guld i mund
  • mørkningsstund
  • nu om stunder
  • skæbnestund
  • stjernestund
  • stunde
  • stundesløs
  • stundom

References

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (point in time, hour), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (to stand).

Noun

stund f (genitive singular stundar, plural stundir)

  1. while

Declension

f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stund stundin stundir stundirnar
accusative stund stundina stundir stundirnar
dative stund stundini stundum stundunum
genitive stundar stundarinnar stunda stundanna

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtʊnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊnt
  • Homophone: Stund

Verb

stund

  1. archaic form of stand, first/third-person singular preterite of stehen

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stund.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stʏnt/
    Rhymes: -ʏnt

Noun

stund f (genitive singular stundar, nominative plural stundir)

  1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
  2. an hour
    Synonyms: klukkustund, klukkutími
  3. exertion, application
    Synonym: ástundun

Declension

Declension of stund (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stund stundin stundir stundirnar
accusative stund stundina stundir stundirnar
dative stund stundinni stundum stundunum
genitive stundar stundarinnar stunda stundanna

Derived terms

  • á sömu stund (at the same time)
  • klukkustund (hour)
  • nú um stundir (nowadays)
  • stundum
  • um stund (for a while)
  • um stundar sakir (for the time being; temporarily)
  • þegar fram lída stundir (as time goes by; in the future)
  • öllum stundum (all the time)

Middle English

Noun

stund

  1. alternative form of stound: various spans of time

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stund.

Noun

stund f or m (definite singular stunda or stunden, indefinite plural stunder, definite plural stundene)

  1. a while
    for en stund siden – a while ago
  2. a moment

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stʉnː/, /stʊnː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stund.

Noun

stund f (definite singular stunda, indefinite plural stunder, definite plural stundene)

  1. a while
  2. a moment

Etymology 2

Verb

stund

  1. imperative of stunda

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (point in time, hour), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (to stand).

Cognate with Old Saxon stunda (Dutch stonde), Old High German stunta (German Stunde), Old Norse stund (Swedish stund).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stund/

Noun

stund f (nominative plural stunda or stunde)

  1. time, while
    • Nō iċ þa stunde bemearn, ne for wunde weōpAt the time, I mourned not, nor for the wounded wept. (Exon. Th. 499, 12; Rä. 88, 14)
  2. a period of time, an hour [1]

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

Adverb

stund

  1. at once, forthwith, immediately
    • Hē word stunde āhōfHe brought up the word forthwith.

Derived terms

  • orlegstund (time of adversity)
  • stundmǣlum (from time to time, gradually: time after time, alternately)
  • stundum (from time to time, at times; with effort, laboriously, eagerly, fiercely)
  • winterstund (winter-hour, short time)
  • woruldstund (life in this world, sojourn upon earth)

Descendants

  • Middle English: stund, stounde, stound

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stundō (point in time, hour), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop). Compare Old English stund, Old Frisian stunde, Old Saxon stunda, Old High German stunta, stunt, Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*stunda) (> Catalan estona (time, while)).

Noun

stund f

  1. an undetermined amount of time, a while
    um stundfor a while
  2. hour
    í degi dægr tvau, í dægri stundir tólfin a day are two half-days, in a half-day twelve hours
  3. (grammar) a mora, a unit of time used in measuring syllable length

Declension

Declension of stund (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stund stundin stundar, stundir stundarnar, stundirnar
accusative stund stundina stundar, stundir stundarnar, stundirnar
dative stund stundinni stundum stundunum
genitive stundar stundarinnar stunda stundanna

Descendants

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German stund / stunde.

Noun

stund m ?

  1. hour

References

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    Polański, Kazimierz (1993) “brado”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 5 (sahi – ťüzǝc), Warszawa: Energeia, page 778
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “brado”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 140
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1971) “Stund”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 2: P – S, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1117

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stund, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (point in time, hour), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (prop), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- (to stand).

Pronunciation

  • Audio; en stund:(file)

Noun

stund c

  1. while
  2. moment, time

Declension

See also

  • morgonstund har guld i mund

Further reading

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