Stund

See also: stund

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German stunde, stunt, from Old High German stunta, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time; hour”).

Cognate with German Stunde, Dutch stond, English stound, Icelandic stund.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃtʊnt/

Noun

Stund f

  1. (Alsatian) hour

German

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Noun

Stund f (genitive Stund, plural Stunden)

  1. (poetic) Apocopic form of Stunde
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Das Lied soll schauern und beben, / Wie der Kuß von ihrem Mund, / Den sie mir einst gegeben / In wunderbar süßer Stund.
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