Spund

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpʊnt/

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• Rhymes: -ʊnt
• Hyphenation: Spund

Etymology 1

From Late Middle High German spunt m or n (meaning both bung-hole and bung), probably (ultimately) from Latin expūnctum (expungere), whence Middle Low German spunt, Middle Dutch spond (→ spondgat), Dutch spon. Originally only with the meaning of bung-hole (German Spundloch, Anstichöffnung). Possibly through an Italian intermediate spunta.

Noun

Spund m (strong, genitive Spundes or Spunds, plural Spünde)

1. bung, plug, tap (stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of wood or rubber used to prevent fluid from passing through the opening of a vessel)

   Synonyms: Verschlußzapfen, Zapfen

   Coordinate term: Korken

   voll bis zum Spunde ― full to the brim (literally, “full to the bung”)

2. (woodworking) a slat (elongated protrusion) on the side of a (wooden) plank used to join it with another plank that has a fitting groove to receive the slat; tongue

   Synonym: Feder

   Coordinate term: (receiving side) Nut

Declension

Declension of Spund [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Spund	die	Spünde
genitive	eines	des	Spundes, Spunds	der	Spünde
dative	einem	dem	Spund, Spunde1	den	Spünden
accusative	einen	den	Spund	die	Spünde

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Spundbohle
• Spundverschluss
• Spundwand
• Fassspund

Related terms

• Spundloch

Descendants

• → Czech: špunt

Etymology 2

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Noun

Spund m (strong, genitive Spundes or Spunds, plural Spunde)

1. (informal, derogatory) an inexperienced, young man

   Synonym: Jungspund

Declension

Declension of Spund [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Spund	die	Spunde
genitive	eines	des	Spundes, Spunds	der	Spunde
dative	einem	dem	Spund, Spunde1	den	Spunden
accusative	einen	den	Spund	die	Spunde

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Jungspund

Further reading

• “Spund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Spund” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Spund” in Duden online
• “Spund”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Spund” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon