# vinden
## Danish
### Noun

vinden c
* definite singular of vind
* definite singular of vinde

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch vinden, from Old Dutch findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɪndə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: vin‧den
* Rhymes: -ɪndən

### Verb

vinden
* (transitive) to find (after searching)
    Gevonden! ― Found (it)!
    Ik zal je vinden. ― I'll find you.
* (transitive) to find, to come across
    Plots vond ik een pen. ― All of a sudden I found a pen.
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* (transitive, copulative) to find, to think, to feel, to be of opinion
    Ze vinden de film walgelijk. ― They find the film disgusting.

#### Derived terms

* bevinden
* ondervinden
* plaatsvinden
* terugvinden
* uitvinden
* vindbaar
* vinder
* vinding
* vindplaats

#### Related terms

* vond
* vondst

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: vind
* Berbice Creole Dutch: fende
* Jersey Dutch: vände
* Negerhollands: vind, fin
* Skepi Creole Dutch: fint, fent
* →? Sranan Tongo: feni
** → Aukan: fende
** → Caribbean Javanese: féni
** → Saramaccan: féndi, féni

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch findan.

### Verb

vinden
* to find (after searching)
* to find, to come across, to encounter
* to discover
* to judge, to deem
* to think of, to come up with

#### Descendants

* Dutch: vinden
* Limburgish: vinje

### Further reading

* “vinden”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vinden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle High German
### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German findan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈvindən/, /ˈfindən/

### Verb

vinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present vindet, past tense vant, past participle vunden, past subjunctive vünde, auxiliary hān)
* to find
    In grôȥen vreuden er schein und bat sîn vriunde dô daȥ sie mit im wæren vrô, wan er hæte an den stunden sîn verlorneȥ schâf vunden. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* enpfinden
* vunt

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German: fianda (Vorarlberg)
* Bavarian: findn
    Cimbrian: vènnan, bènnan, vennen, vintan
    Mòcheno: vinnen
* Central Franconian: fenge
* German: finden
* Luxembourgish: fannen
* Yiddish: געפֿינען (gefinen)

### References

* Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “vinden”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

vinden m
* definite singular of vind

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

vinden m
* definite singular of vind

## Swedish
### Noun

vinden
* definite singular of vind