synd

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /søn/, [sønˀ]

Noun

synd c (singular definite synden, plural indefinite synder)

1. sin
2. pity, shame, sorrow

References

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪnd]

Noun

synd f (genitive singular syndar, plural syndir)

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

References

• V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (vol. 2, p. 340: synd)
• Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (synd)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

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.

Adjective

synd

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

References

• Icelandic Online Dictionary

Etymology

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

Noun

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

References

• “synd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

References

• “synd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Verb

synd

1. plural present indicative of wesan

Etymology

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”).

Noun

synd f

1. sin

References

• “synd”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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)

Interjection

synd

1. (what a) pity, shame

References

• synd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• synd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• synd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• synd in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• dyns