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GERMAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

und.

and

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

conj/ʊnt/[(ʔ)ʊnt]standard/ən/[n̩]

  1. and

    Kaffee und Kuchen
    Ich kam, sah und siegte.

  2. links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them

    colloquial
    Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr!
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German unde, from Old High German unti, from Proto-Germanic *andi, *anþi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti. Compare Dutch en, English and, Danish end.

intj/ʊnt/[(ʔ)ʊnt]standard/ən/[n̩]

  1. so?, now?, and?

    Und? Wie ist es gelaufen?
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German unde, from Old High German unti, from Proto-Germanic *andi, *anþi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti. Compare Dutch en, English and, Danish end.

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