# sund
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɔnˀ]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse sund (“swimming, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”).

#### Noun

sund n (singular definite sundet, plural indefinite sunde)
* a sound, strait

##### Inflection
#### References

“sund,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German sunt, gesunt, from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz, cf. also English sound and German gesund.

#### Adjective

sund
* healthy, wholesome

##### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

#### References

“sund,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Regional variety of standard Dutch zonde.

### Interjection

sund
* pity, a shame

## Faroese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”). Related to svimja.

### Noun

sund n (genitive singular sunds, plural sund)
* (geography) sound, channel

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sʏnt/
    Rhymes: -ʏnt

### Noun

sund n (genitive singular sunds, nominative plural sund)
* (uncountable) swimming, the act of swimming
* channel, strait, sound
* alley, lane

#### Derived terms

* sundkona
* sundmaður

### See also

* eiði

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.

### Noun

sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda or sundene)
* sound, strait, channel
    Synonym: strede

### References

* “sund” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* soinn (eye dialect)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sund.

### Noun

sund n (definite singular sundet, indefinite plural sund, definite plural sunda)
* sound, strait, channel

### References

* “sund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from pre-Germanic *swm-to- ( > English swim). Cognate with Old Norse sund (Norwegian sund (“a swimming, strait”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sund/

### Noun

sund n
* swimming
    Ne eart þū ġenōg eald þæt þū āna on sund gā.You're not old enough to go swimming by yourself.
** c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"
    God sealde þām fiscum sund and þām fuglum flyht, ac hē ne sealde nānum nīetene ne nānum fisċe nāne sāwle, ac heora blōd is heora līf, and swā hraðe swā hīe bēoþ dēade, swā bēoþ hīe mid ealle ġeendode.God gave swimming to the fish and flight to the birds, but he did not give a soul to any animal or any fish. Their blood is their life, and as soon as they’re dead, they are completely gone.
* (poetic) sea, water

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* sundġierd
* sundlīne
* sundplega
* sundrāp
* sundwudu

#### Descendants

* Middle English: sound
** English: sound
** Scots: sound
* → Old French: sonde
** Middle French: sonde
*** French: sonde
** ⇒ Old French: sonder
*** Middle French: sonder
**** French: sonder
***** ⇒ French: sondage

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* sunda, sunna, sunt

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *sondos (more specifically, its dative singular *sondūi); cognate with Welsh hwn (“this”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sun͈d/

### Adverb

sund
* here (in this place)
    Synonym: siu
* here (to this place), hither
For quotations using this term, see Citations:sund.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon *sund, from Proto-West Germanic *sund.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɵnd/
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

sund
* sound, healthy (medically or mentally)

##### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

##### Related terms

* osund
* sundhet

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.

#### Noun

sund n
* (geography) a strait, a sound (relatively narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water at the same level, or going between an island and the mainland or between two islands)
    Gibraltar sundStrait of Gibraltar

##### Usage notes

Unqualified, sundet sometimes refers to Öresund, between Denmark and Sweden.

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | sund | sunds |
| singular | definite | sundet | sundets |
| plural | indefinite | sund | sunds |
| plural | definite | sunden | sundens |

##### See also

* kanal
* vik

### References

* sund in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sund in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sund in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* duns