finden

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Dutch Low Saxon

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German vinden, from Old Saxon findan.

Verb

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finden

  1. to find

Galician

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Verb

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finden

  1. inflection of findar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vinden, from Old High German findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną. Cognate with Bavarian findn, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, English find, Danish finde.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfɪndn̩], [ˈfɪndən]
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  • Rhymes: -ɪndn̩
  • Hyphenation: fin‧den

Verb

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finden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present findet, past tense fand, past participle gefunden, past subjunctive fände, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to find; to discover
    Ich habe deine Schlüssel gefunden.
    I found your keys.
  2. (transitive) to think, to consider, to find [with accusative ‘someone/something’, along with predicate adjective or accusative noun ‘to be a certain way’]
    Findest du mich interessant?
    Do you find me interesting?
  3. (intransitive) to find one's way

Conjugation

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  • 1st ps. sg. indicative present active also: find', find

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • finden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • finden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • finden” in Duden online
  • finden” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan (with levelled Verner's Law alternations).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːndən/, /ˈfindən/

Verb

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finden (third-person singular simple present findeth, present participle findende, findynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fand, past participle founden)

  1. (transitive) to find; to discover

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: find
  • Scots: find, fynd