Plunder

See also: plunder and plünder

German

Etymology

From Middle High German plunder (“household furniture, clothes, linen”). Cognate with Middle Low German plunde (“clothing”), Dutch plunderen (“to plunder”).[1]

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Noun

Plunder m (genitive Plunders, plural Plundern)

  1. (uncountable) junk, rubbish
    Synonyms: Kram, Krempel, Trödel
  2. (countable) Danish pastry
    Synonyms: Plundergebäck, Teilchen

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

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