Fund

See also: fund

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vunt (“finding, discovery, find”), ultimately from the root of finden. Cognate with Old Norse fundr, Dutch vond (“discovery, invention”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʊnt/

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• Homophone: Pfund (regional)
• Rhymes: -ʊnt

Noun

Fund m (strong, genitive Fundes or Funds, plural Funde or Fünde, diminutive Fündchen n or Fündlein n)

1. discovery, finding, find (an instance of finding; something that is found)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fund	die	Funde, Fünde
genitive	eines	des	Fundes, Funds	der	Funde, Fünde
dative	einem	dem	Fund, Funde1	den	Funden, Fünden
accusative	einen	den	Fund	die	Funde, Fünde

Declension of Fund [masculine, strong]

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Fundbüro

Related terms

• finden

References

1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fund”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

• “Fund” in Duden online
• “Fund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache