finden

From Middle Low German vinden, from Old Saxon findan.

finden

1. to find

finden

1. inflection of findar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

From Middle High German vinden, from Old High German findan. Cognate with Bavarian findn, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Dutch vinden, English find, Danish finde.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪndn̩], [ˈfɪndən]
• Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

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finden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present findet, past tense fand, past participle gefunden, past subjunctive fände, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to find; to discover

   Ich habe deine Schlüssel gefunden.

   I found your keys.

2. (transitive, with a predicate adjective or predicate noun (accusative)) to think that (something) is (a certain way); to consider (something) to be (a certain way); to find

   Findest du mich interessant?

   Do you find me interesting?

3. (intransitive) to find one’s way

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• 1st ps. sg. indicative present active also: find', find

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• “finden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “finden” in Duden online
• “finden” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan (with levelled Verner's Law alternations).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːndən/, /ˈfindən/

finden (third-person singular simple present findeth, present participle findende, findynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fand, past participle founden)

1. (transitive) to find; to discover

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• English: find
• Scots: find, fynd