Fund

See also: fund

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vunt (“finding, discovery, find”). Cognate with Old Norse fundr, Dutch vond (“discovery, invention”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fʊnt/
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Homophone: Pfund (regional)
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊnt

Noun

Fund m (genitive Funds or Fundes, plural Funde or Fünde)

  1. discovery, finding, find (something that is found)

Derived terms

References
  1. Fund in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading
  • Fund in Duden online
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