sind

See also: Sind

Danish

Etymology

A borrowing from Middle Low German sin (“sense, perception, mind”), from Old Saxon *sinn, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsen/, [ˈsenˀ]
• Rhymes: -end

Noun

sind n (singular definite sindet, plural indefinite sind)

1. mind
2. temper, disposition

Derived terms

• have i sinde
• i sit stille sind

References

• “sind” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Pronoun

sind

1. partitive singular of sina

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sint. See sein for more. The modern spelling with d probably because nd is much more frequent in German than nt; perhaps also influenced by the present participle in -end.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪnt/, [zɪnt], (southern also) [sɪnt], [sint]

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• IPA^(key): /zɪn/ (colloquial, chiefly central and southern Germany)

Verb

sind

1. first-person plural present of sein

   Wir sind hier drüben. ― We are over here.

2. second-person polite present of sein

   Wo sind Sie? ― Where are you? (polite form)

3. third-person plural present of sein

   Da sind sie. ― There they are.

Usage notes

• Colloquially, the verb may contract with the following pronoun wir (“we”) into the form simmer.

Gothic

Romanization

sind

1. romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

sind

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) alternative form of synd (“are”)

Etymology 2

Verb

sind

1. alternative form of synden (“to wash”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• aron, arun — Northumbrian
• earun — Vespasian Psalter
• synd, sient, siont
• sindon, sindun
• siondan — Kentish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sindi, third-person plural present indicative of *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sénti, third-person plural present indicative of *h₁ésti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sind/

Verb

sind

1. alternative form of sindon; plural present indicative of wesan

Old High German

Alternative forms

• sinth

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sinþ.

Noun

sind m

1. way
2. travel
3. direction
4. side

Declension

Declension of sind (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	sind	sindā, sinda
accusative	sind	sindā, sinda
genitive	sindes	sindo
dative	sinde	sindum
instrumental	sindu	—

Derived terms

• gisind
• gisindo

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “sind”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 6th edition
• Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots

Alternative forms

• synd

Etymology

From Middle English sinden (“to wash, rinse out”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse synda (“to swim”).

Verb

sind

1. (transitive) To rinse; swill; wash.