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Plunder

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See also: plunder and plünder

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German plunder (household furniture, clothes, linen). Cognate with Middle Low German plunde (clothing), Dutch plunderen (to plunder).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈplʊndɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Plun‧der
  • Rhymes: -ʊndɐ

Noun

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Plunder m (mixed, genitive Plunders, plural Plundern)

  1. (uncountable) junk, rubbish
    Synonyms: Kram, Krempel, Trödel; see also Thesaurus:Zeug
  2. (countable) Danish pastry
    Synonyms: Plundergebäck, Teilchen

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Plunder”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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