vind

From Dutch vinden, from Middle Dutch vinden, from Old Dutch findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent-.

• IPA^(key): /fənt/

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

1. (transitive) to find

• IPA^(key): /ʋend/, [ʋenˀ]

From Old Norse vindr (“awry”).

vind

1. crooked, warped

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

vind c (singular definite vinden, plural indefinite vinde)

1. wind

• vindtunnel

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vind

1. imperative of vinde

• IPA^(key): /vɪnt/, /vɪn/
• Homophone: vindt

vind

1. inflection of vinden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

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

• IPA^(key): /ʋin/

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

1. wind (movement of air)

• (wind) blest

• “vind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪnd/, /ʋɪnː/

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

1. wind (movement of air)

• “vind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

vind

1. indefinite accusative singular of vindr

vind

1. first-person singular present indicative active of vinda

vind

1. inflection of vindr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine nominative singular
   2. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative

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”).

• IPA^(key): /vɪnd/, [vɪnːd]

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vind (comparative vindare, superlative vindast)

1. bent, twisted, warped (not straight)

• skev
• sned

• vindhet
• vindögd

vind c

1. wind (movement of air)
   • 1990, Sven-Ingvars, David Alexandre Winter, “Sommar och sol [Summer and sun]”‎^[1]:

     Sommar, sommar och sol. Havet och vinden, och doft av kaprifol. Sommar, sommar och sol. En himmel så blå som viol.

     Summer, summer and sun. The sea and the wind, and scent of honeysuckle. Summer, summer and sun. A sky as blue as violet [flower].

2. an attic, a loft

   på vinden

   in the attic

   uppe på vinden

   up in the attic

På (“on”) is the idiomatic preposition for an attic.

• (wind): blåst

• → Finnish: vintti

• vind in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vind in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vind in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• vind in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)