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pund

English

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Noun

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pund (plural punds)

  1. Alternative form of pun (“measure of cowries”)

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, cognate with English pound, German Pfund. An early loan from Latin pondō (“by weight”).

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Noun

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pund n (singular definite pundet, plural indefinite pund)

  1. pound (currency)
  2. (historical or referring to foreign cultures) pound (unit of mass, usually between 350 and 500 g; 496 g in Denmark before 1839)
  3. half a kilo (informal unit of mass, mostly used of foods or the weight of people)

Declension

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Declension of pund
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pund pundet pund pundene
genitive punds pundets punds pundenes

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.

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Noun

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pund n (genitive singular punds, plural pund)

  1. pound (weight or currency)

Declension

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Declension of pund
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pund pundið pund pundini
accusative pund pundið pund pundini
dative pundi pundinum pundum pundunum
genitive punds pundsins punda pundanna

Derived terms

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Gothic

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Romanization

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pund

  1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą.

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Noun

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pund n (genitive singular punds, nominative plural pund)

  1. pound (unit of weight / mass)
    1. a traditional unit in Iceland (standardized at 498 grams or, informally, 500 g), 12 merkur
    2. various similar units from other areas, most commonly the avoirdupois pound (453.59237 g)
  2. pound (unit of currency)
  3. (uncountable) wealth, possessions
  4. (uncountable, figurative) talents, gifts; merit, worth

Declension

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    Declension of pund
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pund pundið pund pundin
accusative pund pundið pund pundin
dative pundi pundinu pundum pundunum
genitive punds pundsins punda pundanna

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.

Noun

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pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda or pundene)

  1. a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
  2. a pound (former unit of weight in Norway, the term is still used for pound weights in other contexts)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse pund, from Latin pondus.

Noun

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pund n (definite singular pundet, indefinite plural pund, definite plural punda)

  1. a pound (monetary unit in the United Kingdom, Egypt, etc.)
  2. a pound (former unit of weight in Norway)

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondus.

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pund n

  1. pound (weight or currency)

Descendants

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  • Middle English: pund, punde, pounde, pound

Swedish

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The symbol for pound (unit of mass), comparable to English ℔, formerly used in Sweden and other countries.

Etymology

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From Old Swedish pund, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pund n

  1. a pound (unit of mass)
  2. a pound (currency), capital, resources

Declension

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Declension of pund
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pund punds
definite pundet pundets
plural indefinite pund punds
definite punden pundens
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Further reading

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  • pund in Svensk ordbok.
  • pund in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  • pund in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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