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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
    Er hat nicht mehr nach Hause gefunden.
    He couldn't find his way home anymore.
  4. (reflexive) to be found, can be found
    Früher oder später findet sich bestimmt eine Lösung.
    I'm sure a solution can be found sooner or later.

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
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