ond

See also: önd and ǫnd

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vándr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɔnˀ]
  • Homophone: und

Adjective

ond (neuter ondt, plural and definite singular attributive onde, comparative ondere or værre, superlative (predicative) ondest or værst, superlative (attributive) ondeste or værste)

  1. evil

Antonyms
  • god (adjective)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫnd.

Noun

ond f (genitive singular andar, plural andir)

  1. breath
  2. soul

Declension
f4 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ond ondin andir andirnar
Accusative ond ondina andir andirnar
Dative ond ondini ondum ondunum
Genitive andar andarinnar anda andanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish ond. Doublet of the native Norwegian word vond.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʊnː/, [ɯ̞ᵝnː]
  • (Stavanger) IPA(key): [ɯ̽ᵝnː]

Adjective

ond (neuter singular ondt, definite singular and plural onde, comparative ondere or verre, indefinite superlative ondest or verst, definite superlative ondeste or verste)

  1. bad, evil, wicked, vicious
    onde ånder - evil spirits

Derived terms

References

Occitan

Adverb

ond

  1. (Gascony) Alternative form of on

Old English

Etymology

Variant of and.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔnd/

Conjunction

ond

  1. and

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vándr. Compare Old English onda.

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)

Adjective

ond (comparative ondare, superlative ondast)

  1. evil
    • 1982, Lustans Lakejer (lyrics and music), “Diamanter är en flickas bästa vän [Diamonds are a girl's best friend]”, in Diamanter / Sång om syrsor [Diamonds / Song about crickets]:
      Jag har sett omkring mig. Sett starka män. Och det spelar ingen roll om man är ond. Är du stor, vill alla va' [vara] din vän.
      I have seen around me. Seen strong men. And it doesn't matter if you are evil. If you are big, everyone wants to be your friend.
  2. (dated) angry
    Nej, jag är inte ond på dig
    No, I’m not angry with you
  3. hurting, making pain
    jag har en ond tå
    I have a toe that hurts

Usage notes
  • The more common use is min tå gör ont (“my toe hurts”) or jag har ont i tån (“I have pain in the toe”).

Declension
Inflection of ond
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ond ondare ondast
Neuter singular ont ondare ondast
Plural onda ondare ondast
Masculine plural3 onde ondare ondast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 onde ondare ondaste
All onda ondare ondaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Synonyms

See also

References

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

Contraction of onid, from o (“if”) +‎ nid (“not”).[1]

Conjunction

ond

  1. but

Derived terms

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ond”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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