findan

Galician

Verb

findan

1. third-person plural present indicative of findar

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *finþan.

Verb

findan

1. to find

Inflection

Conjugation of findan (strong class 3)

infinitive	findan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	findu	fant
2nd person singular	findis, findist	fundi
3rd person singular	findit	fant
1st person plural	findon	fundun
2nd person plural	findet	fundut
3rd person plural	findunt	fundun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	finde	fundi
2nd person singular	findes, findest	fundis, fundist
3rd person singular	finde	fundi
1st person plural	finden	fundin
2nd person plural	findet	fundit
3rd person plural	findent	fundint
imperative	present
singular	fint
plural	findet
participle	present	past
	findandi	gefundon

Derived terms

• anafindan
• bifindan
• gifindan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vinden
  • Dutch: vinden
  • Limburgish: vinje

Further reading

• “findan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.dɑn/

Verb

findan

1. to find
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Ġef ðē þurh trēowa findon þā ðe þē findon, sile mē þā trēowa. Ġȳt ġyf ðē þurh ōðerne creft hwilcne findan þā ðe þē findan, forġyf mē þone creft. Ġyf þē þurh wȳsdōm findon þā ðe þē findon, forġyf mē þonne wȳsdōm...

     If it is by faith that they find Thee who do find Thee, give me that faith. If by any other power they find Thee who do find Thee, give me that power. If by wisdom they find Thee who find Thee, then give me wisdom.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"

     Sege us nu hwǣr se ealda hord sy þe þu digelice fundest and hine eall oþ nu bedyrndest...

     Tell us now where the old treasure is which thou hast secretly found, and concealed it all until now?

2. to meet

Usage notes

In both Early and Late West Saxon, the pretererite indicative singular forms of findan were instead funde for the 1st and 3rd person, and fundest for the 2nd person.

Conjugation

Conjugation of findan (strong class 3)

infinitive	findan	findenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	finde	fand
second person singular	finst, fintst	funde
third person singular	fint	fand
plural	findaþ	fundon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	finde	funde
plural	finden	funden
imperative
singular	find
plural	findaþ
participle	present	past
	findende	(ġe)funden

Synonyms

• mētan

Derived terms

• āfindan
• ġefindan
• onfindan

Descendants

• Middle English: finden
  • English: find
  • Scots: find, fynd

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną. Cognate with Old Saxon findan, Old Dutch findan, Old English findan, Old Frisian finda, Old Norse finna, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan).

Verb

findan

1. to find

Conjugation

Conjugation of findan (strong class 3)

infinitive	findan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	findu, findo	fand
2nd person singular	findis, findist	fundi
3rd person singular	findit	fand
1st person plural	findem, findemēs	fundum, fundumēs
2nd person plural	findet	fundut
3rd person plural	findant	fundun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	finde	fundi
2nd person singular	findēs, findēst	fundīs, fundīst
3rd person singular	finde	fundi
1st person plural	findēm, findemēs	fundīm, fundīmēs
2nd person plural	findēt	fundīt
3rd person plural	findēn	fundīn
imperative	present
singular	find
plural	findet
participle	present	past
	findanti	gifundan

Descendants

• Middle High German: vinden
  • Alemannic German: fianda (Vorarlberg)
  • Bavarian: findn

    Cimbrian: vènnan, bènnan, vennen, vintan

    Mòcheno: vinnen

  • Central Franconian: fenge
  • German: finden
  • Luxembourgish: fannen
  • Yiddish: געפֿינען (gefinen)

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• fīthan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *finþan.

Cognates:

Compare Old Dutch findan, Old English findan, Old Frisian finda, Old High German findan, Old Norse finna, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan).

Verb

findan

1. to find

Conjugation

Conjugation of findan (strong class 3)

infinitive	findan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	findu	fand
2nd person singular	findis	fundi
3rd person singular	findid	fand
plural	findad	fundun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	finde	fundi
2nd person singular	findes	fundis
3rd person singular	finde	fundi
plural	finden	fundin
imperative	present
singular	find
plural	findad
participle	present	past
	findandi	gifundan, fundan

Descendants

• Low German: finnen