synd

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundī; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

• IPA^(key): /søn/, [sønˀ]

synd c (singular definite synden, plural indefinite synder)

1. sin
2. pity, shame, sorrow

• for sine synders skyld - "because of his sins" (in punishment of)

jeg blev leder af virksomheden for mine synders skyld - I became leader of this company in punishment of my sins (jocular)

• det er synd - it's a pity

det er synd for hende - it's a pity for her

• vejret er godt, det var synd at sige noget andet - the weather is fine, it would be a shame to say something else
• fædrenes synder straffes på børnene - "the children will pay for the sins of the fathers" (after 2. Mos. 20,5)

• synde (verb)

• Nudansk Ordbog (edition of 1974)
• Becker-Christensen, Christian (2010) Nudansk ordbog med etymologi [Modern Danish Dictionary with Etymology], Politikens Forlagshus
• “synd” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• “synd” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

• IPA^(key): [sɪnd]

synd f (genitive singular syndar, plural syndir)

1. sin
2. injustice
3. pity, sorrow, shame

• Dagin eftir sær hann Jesus koma til sín og sigur: »Sí, Guðs lamb, sum ber synd heimsins! ... « (Joh. 1,29)
• gera synd við ein - to treat someone unjust
• tað er synd fyri hann - this is a pity for him
• tað er synd í honum - he is to pity
• mær tykir synd í honum - I have pity on him, I feel sorry for him

• synda (to sin)

• V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (vol. 2, p. 340: synd)
• Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (synd)

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundī; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

• IPA^(key): /sɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

synd f (genitive singular syndar, nominative plural syndir)

1. sin
2. shame

   Það er synd að þetta skuli vera svona.

   It is a shame it has to be like that.

• segja til syndanna (to lecture somebody, to give a good talking to)

• syndga (to sin)

synd

1. feminine of syndur (“knows how to swim”)

• Icelandic Online Dictionary

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

synd f or m (definite singular synda or synden, indefinite plural synder, definite plural syndene)

1. a sin
2. a pity, shame, sorrow
3. synes synd på - to be / feel sorry for

• dødssynd
• syndebukk
• syndflod

• synde (to sin)
• synder

• “synd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

synd f (definite singular synda, indefinite plural synder, definite plural syndene)

1. a sin
2. a pity, shame, sorrow

• dødssynd
• syndebukk
• syndflod

• synde (to sin)

• “synd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *sundī (“sin, crime; something that should not be”), whence also Old English synn, Old Saxon sundia, Old High German sunta, Old Dutch sunda. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

synd f

1. sin

• “synd”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse synd, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō; compare Old English synn (modern English sin).

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synd c

1. sin
2. (in some expressions) shame, pity (something unfortunate)

   Så de kan inte komma? Det var synd.

   So they can't come? That's a pity.

   Synd att det gick så dåligt

   Shame it went so poorly

3. (in some expressions) pity, sorriness (in the sense of feeling sorry for something)

• tycka synd om
• vara synd om

synd

1. (what a) pity, shame

• synd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• synd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• synd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• synd in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

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