finden
Dutch Low Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German vinden, from Old Saxon findan.
Verb
[edit]finden
- to find
Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]finden
- inflection of findar:
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): [ˈfɪndn̩], [ˈfɪndən]
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪndn̩
- Hyphenation: fin‧den
Verb
[edit]finden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present findet, past tense fand, past participle gefunden, past subjunctive fände, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to find; to discover
- Ich habe deine Schlüssel gefunden.
- I found your keys.
- (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?
- (intransitive) to find one's way
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | finden | ||||
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present participle | findend | ||||
past participle | gefunden | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich finde | wir finden | i | ich finde | wir finden |
du findest | ihr findet | du findest | ihr findet | ||
er findet | sie finden | er finde | sie finden | ||
preterite | ich fand | wir fanden | ii | ich fände1 | wir fänden1 |
du fandest du fandst |
ihr fandet | du fändest1 | ihr fändet1 | ||
er fand | sie fanden | er fände1 | sie fänden1 | ||
imperative | find (du) finde (du) |
findet (ihr) |
1This form and alternative in würde both found.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “finden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “finden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “finden” in Duden online
- “finden” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan (with levelled Verner's Law alternations).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]finden (third-person singular simple present findeth, present participle findende, findynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fand, past participle founden)
- (transitive) to find; to discover
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | (to) finden, finde | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | finde | fand, found | |
2nd-person singular | findest, finst | founde, fande, fand, found | |
3rd-person singular | findeth, fint | fand, found | |
subjunctive singular | finde | founde1, fande1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | finden, finde | founden, founde, fanden, fande | |
imperative plural | findeth, finde | — | |
participles | findynge, findende | founden, founde, yfounden, yfounde |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]- Dutch Low Saxon terms inherited from Middle Low German
- Dutch Low Saxon terms derived from Middle Low German
- Dutch Low Saxon terms inherited from Old Saxon
- Dutch Low Saxon terms derived from Old Saxon
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- Rhymes:German/ɪndn̩
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