synd

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

• IPA^(key): /søn/, [sønˀ]

synd c (singular definite synden, plural indefinite synder)

1. sin
2. pity, shame, sorrow

• 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)

• synde (verb)

• Nudansk Ordbog (edition of 1974)
• Becker-Christensen, Christian (2010) Nudansk ordbog med etymologi [Modern Danish Dictionary with Etymology], Politikens Forlagshus
• “synd” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• “synd” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): [sɪnd]

synd f (genitive singular syndar, plural syndir)

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

• 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

• synda (to sin)

• Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1991) [1891] “synd”, in Færøsk Anthologi [Faroese Anthology] (in Danish), 3rd edition, volume 2, Copenhagen [1891], Tórshavn [1991], page 340
• Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen et al. (1998) “synd”, in Føroysk orðabók [Faroese Dictionary] (in Faroese), Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag

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

• IPA^(key): /sɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

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.

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

• syndga (“to sin”)

synd

1. feminine of syndur (“knows how to swim”)

• Icelandic Online Dictionary

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

synd f or 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

• dødssynd
• syndebukk
• syndflod

• synde (to sin)
• synder

• “synd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

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

• dødssynd
• syndebukk
• syndflod

• synde (to sin)

• “synd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

synd

1. plural present indicative of wesan

From Proto-Germanic *sundī (“sin, crime; something that should not be”), whence also Old English synn, Old Saxon sundia, Old High German sunta, Old Dutch sunda. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

synd f

1. sin

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “synd”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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

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synd c

1. sin
2. (in some expressions) shame, pity (something unfortunate)

   Så de kan inte komma? Det var synd.

   So they can't come? That's a pity.

   Synd att det gick så dåligt

   Shame it went so poorly

3. (in some expressions) pity, sorriness (in the sense of feeling sorry for something)

synd

1. (what a) pity, shame

• synd in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

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