pond – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of pond

Noun: pond
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:
Sg.pond
Pl.ponden

Sample Sentences

  • Hij gaat een pondje kaas kopen op de markt. (He is going to buy a pound (500 g) of cheese at the market.)
  • Ik heb nog wat ponden van mijn vakantie in Wales. (I still have a few pounds left over from my holiday in Wales.)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pont, pond, from Old Dutch punt, from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), borrowed from Latin pondō. See: Latin Nouns 'pondō'.

Verbs referencing "pond"

English Nouns pound.

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