Swedish adjective · noun· top 5,000 most common

sund

sound, healthy/sɵnd/

sund as an adjective

Meaning

sound; healthy

In Swedish: frisk

Forms

Forms of sund
Basic form	sund	with en-words
Neuter	sunt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	sunda	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	sundare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	sundast	“-est”, “most …”

sund as a noun(ett sund)

Meaning

sound

In Swedish: trång passage i sjö el. hav

Forms

Forms of sund
Singular, indefinite	ett sund
Singular, definite	sundet
Plural, indefinite	sund
Plural, definite	sunden

sund is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort sund, det stora sundet. Check another noun

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What does sund mean?

sund in a sentence

sunt förnuft
common sense
en sund själ i en sund kropp
a healthy mind in a healthy body
en sund livsstil
a healthy lifestyle
en sund inställning
a healthy attitude
Gibraltar sund
Strait of Gibraltar

Expressions

vid sunda vätskor
sound, healthy

Questions

What does sund mean in English?

sund means “sound, healthy”.

Is it en sund or ett sund?

It is ett sund, and “the sound” is sundet.

What is the plural of sund?

sund doesn't change in the plural: ett sund, två sund (definite: sunden).

Similar words

hälsosamfriskhälsobefrämjandekry

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon *sund, from Proto-West Germanic *sund.

Nearby common words

sund is number 3,970 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,966tuggummi chewing gum
3,967brittisk British
3,968högg chopped, carved
3,969besvikelse disappointment
3,971klipp cutting, clipping
3,972tumme thumb
3,973avstå desist from, refrain from
3,974klan clan, a clan

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary