zonde
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch sonde, from Old Dutch sunda, from Proto-Germanic *sundijō.
Noun
[edit]zonde f (plural zonden or zondes, diminutive zondetje n)
- sin (offence against moral and/or divine law)
- Doden is een ergere zonde dan stelen.
- To kill is a graver sin than to steal.
- (religion, chiefly Christianity) sin; sinfulness (state of alienation from God or any other deity caused by such offences)
- Ik heb het grootste deel van mijn leven in zonde geleefd.
- I’ve lived in sin for the greater part of my life.
- Het is werkelijk een zonde wanneer een site, die zich bezighoudt met taal, een taalfout maakt zoals in de zin hierboven.
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- shame; pity; waste (something regrettable for other than moral reasons)
- Het is echt zonde dat ze het huis zo in verval laten raken.
- It’s really a shame that they're letting the house fall into ruin like that.
- Zonde van de tijd!
- What a waste of time!
- (literally, “What a pity about the time [that has passed]!”)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- (dialectal) sund
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- zondvloed (unrelated, but influenced by folk etymology)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]zonde
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of zenden
- inflection of zonnen:
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