sind

A borrowing from Middle Low German sin (“sense, perception, mind”), from Old Saxon *sinn, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsen/, [ˈsenˀ]
• Rhymes: -end

sind n (singular definite sindet, plural indefinite sind)

1. mind
2. temper, disposition

• have i sinde at
• i sit stille sind

• “sind” in Den Danske Ordbog

sind

1. partitive singular of sina

From Middle High German sint. See sein for more. The modern spelling with d probably because nd is much more frequent in German than nt; perhaps also influenced by the present participle in -end.

• IPA^(key): /zɪnt/, [zɪnt], (southern also) [sɪnt]
• IPA^(key): /zɪn/ (colloquial; chiefly central and southern Germany)

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sind

1. first-person plural present of sein

   Wir sind hier drüben. ― We are over here.

2. second-person polite present of sein

   Wo sind Sie? ― Where are you? (polite form)

3. third-person plural present of sein

   Da sind sie. ― There they are.

• Colloquially, the verb may contract with the following pronoun wir (“we”) into the form simmer.

sind

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳

• sinden, sunden, syndan, syndon, synden, synd, senden, sonden

From Old English sind, plural present indicative of wesan (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *sindi, third-person plural present indicative of *wesaną (“to be, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

sind

1. (Early Middle English) plural present indicative of been

The usual plural form of been is aren in the North, been in the Midlands, and beth in the South; sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.

• aron, arun — Northumbrian
• earun — Vespasian Psalter
• sindon, sindun

From Proto-Germanic *sindi, third-person plural present indicative of *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sénti, third-person plural present indicative of *h₁ésti.

• IPA^(key): /sind/

sind

1. plural present indicative of wesan

• sinth

From Proto-West Germanic *sinþ.

sind m

1. way
2. travel
3. direction
4. side

• gisind

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
2. Wright, Joesph, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition (1906)

• synd

From Middle English sinden (“to wash, rinse out”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse synda (“to swim”).

sind

1. (transitive) To rinse; swill; wash.