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====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
The word is widely used as a suffix to translate words ending in ''-logy''.
The word is widely used as a suffix to form science names like ''lijfkunde'' (''biology'', literally ''life-knowledge'') and ''efnekunde'' (''technology'', literally ''technique-knowledge'').


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk kunde, from Old Skundavisk kundī, from Halmisk ᚲᚢᚾᛞᛁ (kundī), from Proto-Germanic *kundī.

Pronunciation

Noun

kunde f. (class 4b, genitive kunden, plural kunden)

  1. knowledge
    Si hat eene groote kunde over this underwyrp.
    She's got a great knowledge of this subject.

Usage notes

The word is widely used as a suffix to form science names like lijfkunde (biology, literally life-knowledge) and efnekunde (technology, literally technique-knowledge).

Synonyms

Derived terms

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