Pfund

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter, strong) a metric pound, 500 grams, half a kilogram
2. (neuter, strong) any of the English (Anglophone) units of mass or currency called a "pound"
3. (colloquial, neuter, strong) a hard shot at the goal

Name

Fondo, Trentino, Italy

Concepts

pound

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lb

pounds

pound sterling

sterling

quid

Pound

💷

sov

half a kilo

pound

💷

lbs

loaf

nicker

British pound

Egyptian pound

Synonyms

Pfund Sterling

Pfd.

Waage

Kin

Jin

Ägyptisches Pfund

Translations

livre

📖

libra

pond

libra

libbra

💷

lliura

libre

sterlina

💷

libra

♎

λίρα

جنيه

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λίβρα

στερλίνα

sterlîn

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

pfindli

Basel-Landschaft

pfund

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pfʊnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: pfunt

Inherited from Old High German: pfunt

In summary

From Middle High German pfunt, phunt, from Old High German pfunt, phunt, from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, a borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”, adverb) or Latin pondus (“weight”, noun).