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Definition: Sunder |
SunderVerb1. Break apart or in two, using violence. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Sunder" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be beautiful". |
Date "sunder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disjunction | Sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind; circumcise; cut; incide, incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend; rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop; cut up, rip up; hack, hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sunder |
| English words defined with "sunder": Disally, Dissunder ♦ In sunder ♦ Sundered, Sundering. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sunder": sundry. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sunder" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (citer, sumner). |
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Human Rights | Nepal | On June 26, Maoists abducted and killed Shyam Sunder Yadav, Chairman of the Khajurgachi Village Development Committee in Jhapa. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sunder" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Sunder" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 66.67% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 22.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "sunder" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sunder | Last name | 170 | 49,149 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Sunder" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be beautiful". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Sunder." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Sundar | Male | Indian | Sunder |
| Sundara | Male | Indian | Sunder |
| Sunder | Male | Indian | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "sunder": In sunder. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sunder | 32 |
alberta sunder | 6 |
morrowind sunder | 2 |
raj sunder | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sunder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ndaj (allot, apportion, at, bar, by, come between, cut, detach, disarticulate, disembody, disjoin, disjoint, dismember, dispart, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, distribute, disunite, divide, divorce, divvy, fissure, fractionate, grade, hand out, joint, on, part, partition, reconcile, rope off, section, segregate, separate, sever, share, sort out, space, split, toward, towards, unjoint, unlink, unscramble, unto, winnow), copëtoj (break, break in pieces, chop, crack up, cut to pieces, cut up, disintegrate, dismember, dissect, fissure, fragment, joint, mangle, maul, rend, rip up, sever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فصل (adjudge, adjudicate, arrive at a resolution, break, break up, cashier, cut, cut off, decide, decision, demarcation, detach, detail, determine, discharge, disconnect, disconnection, disentangle, disjoin, disjunction, dismiss, displace, displacement, dissociate, dissociate oneself from, dissociation, disunite, divide, division, elaborate, expel, fire, have a final word, isolate, isolation, itemize, judge, lay off, make a decision, part, particularize, parting, partition, remove, render a judgement, resolve, sack, seclude, seclusion, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, set apart, settle, sever, severance, wean), قطع (amputate, amputation, ax, axe, break, cease, cessation, chop off, chopping off, cross, crossing, cut, cut across, cut away, cut down, cut off, cut out, cutoff, cutting off, disconnect, discontinuance, discontinue, divide, dividing, end, exchange, fell, felling, forbid, halt, hew, hinder from, interrupt, intersect, lop, prevent from, scission, section, segment, segmentation, separate, sever, severance, slit, split, stop, suspend, suspension, tear, terminate, traverse), إنفصل (become airborne, break away, break up, break with, dissociate, dissociate oneself from, estrange, segment, separate, sever, split up, tear oneself away), شطر (bisect, bisector, fission, halve, hemistich, intersect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разединявам (disconnect, disjoin, dissever, dissociate, release, trip, uncouple, unlink), разделям (break up, come between, disconnect, dispart, dissever, disunite, divide, divorce, divvy, lot, parcel out, part, partition, plot, portion, segment, segregate, separate, sever, share, slice, split, split up, uncouple, unjoin, win away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | roztrhat (break up, lacerate, pull apart, pull to pieces, rip up, savage, tear, tear apart, tear asunder, tear up), rozbít (break, break up, bust, crack, dash, destroy, pitch, shatter, smash, wreck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | جداکردن(دراصطلاح شاعرانه), بریدن (Amputate, Carve, Chop, Cut, Cutback, Cutoff, Dock, Gash, Hack, Haggle, Hew, Intercept, Mangle, Rase, Rift, Sect, Sever, Shear, Slice, Sliver, Stag, Stump, Whittle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | se séparer, scinder, séparer, fractionner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | trennen (decollate, detach, differentiate, disconnect, dissociate, dissolve, distinguish, divide, divorce, drag apart, part, pull apart, remove, segregate, separate, separate out, sever, shut off, sift, slit, split up, take away, to decollate, to disassociate, to disconnect, to disjoin, to disrupt, to dissociate, to disunite, to part, to secede, to segregate, to separate, to sever, to sunder, undo, unpick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χωρίζω (dissociate oneself from, disunite, divide, divorce, part, separate, separate from, sequester, sever, split, split up, stratify), χωρίζομαι (part, secede). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לחלק (apportion, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, give out, hand out, parcel, part, partition, section, share, share out), ל"פרי" (dissociate oneself from, divide, mark off, part, separate, set apart, sever, uncouple), ל תק (break, cut off, detach, disconnect, disengage, divorce, isolate, sever, uncouple, uproot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elválik (come off, divorce, get divorced, part company, to disengage, to divorce, to get divorced, to move apart, to part, to separate, to sunder), elválaszt (detach, disembody, dissever, divorce, isolate, part, separate, sever, to detach, to dissever, to divide, to divorce, to part, to section out, to separate, to sequester, to sever, to sunder, to uncouple, unjoin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | separare (disjoin, disrupt, dissociate, divide, part, separate, unlink), scindere (divide, splinter, split). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scarrey (alienate, alienation, break away, break off, break up, come away, detach, detachment; spread, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjunction, dissociate, dissociation, distinguish, disunion, disunite, diverge, divergence, divide, divorce, draw apart; spacing, insulation, leaving, part, part with, parting, relinquish, schism, secede, secession, segment, segregate, segregation, separate, separating, separation, sever, severance, shut off, slough, split up, start). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | undersay separar-se (divorce, segregate, separate), separar (branch, break, buddle, calve, detach, disassemble, disband, disconnect, discriminate, disembody, disengage, disestablish, disintegrate, disjoin, dispart, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divvy, insulate, island, isolate, keep apart, outbreak, part, seclude, segregate, separate, sever, sort, sort out, uncouple, unleash, unlink, wean), quebrar-se (to break to pieces, to burst, to crack), manter separado, fender (cleave, crack, cut, cut up, fissure, flaw, let by, nick, open, rend, rip, rive, sever, slit, split), dividir (apportion, break, deal, disintegrate, dismember, dispart, dissever, divide, divvy, intersect, lot, parcel out, part, separate, sever, share, slice, whack). (various references) separa (chop off, cleave, cut out, detach, disconnect, disjoint, dismember, dispart, dissociate, disunite, divide, isolate, partition, seclude, segregate, separate, sever), tãia în douã (bisect), alege (appear, become, choose, churn, cull, decide, distinguish, elect, extract, glean, Peel, pick, pick on, pick out, refuse, reject, remain, result, return, screen, select, separate, shell, sift, single out, sort, take one's choice, winnow). (various references) разъединять (decouple, disarticulate, disassociate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, dissever, dissociate, divide, divorce, separate, uncouple, unjoin, unjoined, unjoining, unlink, unlock), разлучать (part, separate). (various references) rastaviti (detach, disassemble, separate, set apart, take apart, unjoin). (various references) romper (begin, break, break down, break off, cleave, cut through, initiate, interrupt, leak, open, shatter, smash, smash down, smash in, snap, snap off, take apart, tear), dividir (break up, come between, cut, cut up, delimit, disjoint, disperse, divide, divide off, excrete, part, partition, portion, separate, share). (various references) uppdela (carve up, divide, fractionate). (various references) แบ่ง (divide). (various references) kopmak (blow up, break, break off, come off, detach, fly off, part, rupture, separate, sever, snap, split, tear), kopma (breaking away, breaking off, rupture, snap, split, split up, sunderance), koparmak (break, break off, cozen, cut off, deflorate, deflower, dissever, extort, pick, pick off, pluck, pry, pull off, rend, rip, rip off, Rive, rupture, snap, snap off, snatch, snatch away from, snatch from, take apart, tear, tear away, tear off, tear out, unstick, work, wring), ayrılmak (apostatize, be off, be through with, break away, break up, break with, check out, come unstuck, cut loose, decamp, defect, depart, desert, deviate, disunite, divaricate, diverge, divide, divorce, divorce from, draw apart, draw away, drop out, fork, furcate, get clear of, get off, give up, graduate, hive off, lead away from, leave, mosey, move off, part, part company, part company with, part from, part with, pull away, pull out, quit, retire, revolt, revolt from, secede, segregate, separate, sever, splinter off, split, split off, split up, stray, take one's farewell of, tear oneself away, unstuck, vacate, walk off, walk out, walk out of, withdraw), ayrılma (breakaway, breakup, check out, cleavage, decampment, defection, departure, deviation, disconnection, disconnexion, disjunction, dissociation, disunion, divergence, divergency, divorce, excursion, leave taking, leaving, parting, scission, secession, secessional, segregation, separation, sequestration, severance, split, split up, sunderance, turn off), ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow), ayırma (abstraction, appropriation, assortment, combout, cull, detachment, dissociation, distinction, division, estrangement, fractionation, insularity, isolation, partition, reduction, resolution, screening, segregation, segregative, seperation, sequestration, severance, sunderance, throw out, turn off). (various references) розколювати (crack, polarize, rift, split), розділяти (demarcate, detach, disjoint, part, partition, set apart, sever, split up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 12, Verse 46 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Hxei o kurioV tou doulou ekeinou en hmera h ou prosdoka kai en wra h ou ginwskei kai dicotomhsei auton kai to meroV autou meta twn apistwn qhsei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Veniet dominus servi illius in die qua non sperat et hora qua nescit et dividet eum partemque eius cum infidelibus ponet |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þonne cymþ þæs þeowan hlaford on þam dæge þe he ne wenð. and þære tide þe he nat. and todælþ hine. and sett his dæl mid þam ungetreowum; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The lord of that seruaunt schal come, in the dai that he hopith not, and the our that he woot not; and schal departe hym, and putte his part with vnfeithful men. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The Lorde of that servaunt will come in a daye when he thinketh not and at an houre when he is not ware and will devyde him and will geve him his rewarde with the vnbelevers. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him asunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 12, Verse 46 |
| Cebuano | ang agalon sa maong ulipon moabut ra sa adlaw nga wala siya magpaabut kaniya ug sa takna nga wala niya hibaloi, ug iyang pagasilotan siya ug ibutang niya ipon sa mga dili kasaligan. |
| Croatian | doæi æe gospodar toga sluge u dan u koji mu se ne nada i u èas u koji i ne sluti; rasjeæi æe ga i dodijeliti mu udes meðu nevjernicima." |
| Danish | da skal den Tjeners Herre komme på den Dag, han ikke venter, og i den Time, han ikke ved, og hugge ham sønder og give ham hans Lod sammen med de utro: |
| Dutch | Zo zal de heer deszelven dienstknechts komen ten dage, in welken hij hem niet verwacht, en ter ure, die hij niet weet; en zal hem afscheiden, en zal zijn deel zetten met de ontrouwen. |
| Finnish | niin sen palvelijan herra tulee päivänä, jona hän ei odota, ja hetkenä, jota hän ei arvaa, ja hakkaa hänet kappaleiksi ja määrää hänelle saman osan kuin uskottomille. |
| German | so wird des Knechtes Herr kommen an dem Tage, da er sich's nicht versieht, und zu der Stunde, die er nicht weiß, und wird ihn zerscheitern und wird ihm seinen Lohn geben mit den Ungläubigen. |
| Haitian Creole | mèt domestik sa a va rive jou l' pa t'ap tann, yon lè li p'ap konnen. L'ap rachonnen l' anba kou, l'ap aji avè l' menm jan yo aji ak moun ki pa fè travay yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | maka tuannya akan kembali pada hari dan jam yang tidak disangka-sangka. Dan pelayan itu akan dihajar habis-habisan oleh tuannya serta dijadikan senasib dengan orang-orang yang tidak taat kepada Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka tuan hamba itu akan tiba pada suatu hari yang tiada disangkakannya, dan pada saat yang tiada diketahuinya, lalu menyesah dia teramat sangat, sambil menetapkan bahagiannya bersama-sama dengan orang kafir. |
| Italian | il padrone di quel servo arriver nel giorno in cui meno se l'aspetta e in un'ora che non sa, e lo punir con rigore assegnandogli il posto fra gli infedeli. |
| Manx Gaelic | Hig chiarn y charvaant shen ec laa nagh bee eh jeeaghyn er e hon, as ayns oor nagh bee eh twoaiagh jeh, as giaree ehe eh veih my-cheilley, as pointee eh e chronney marish y vooinjer vee-chredjuagh. |
| Maori | Ka haere mai te rangatira o taua pononga i te ra e kore ai ia e mahara, i te haora e kore ai ia e mohio, a ka hautopea ia, ka meinga mona he wahi i roto i te hunga whakaponokore. |
| Norwegian | da skal denne tjeners herre komme en dag han ikke venter, og en time han ikke vet, og hugge ham sønder og gi ham lodd og del med de utro. |
| Portuguese | virá o senhor desse servo num dia em que não o espera, e numa hora de que não sabe, e cortá-lo-á pelo meio, e lhe dará a sua parte com os infiéis. |
| Rumanian | stqpknul robului aceluia va veni kn ziua kn care el nu se awteaptq, wi kn ceasul kn care nu wtie, wi -l va tqia kn bucqyi; wi soarta lui va fi soarta celor necredinciowi kn lucrul kncredinyat lor. |
| Russian | ФП ТЙ"ЕФ ЗПУ П"ЙО ТБ'Б ФПЗП Ч "ЕОШ, Ч ЛПФПТЩК ПО ОЕ ПЦЙ"БЕФ, Й Ч ЮБУ, Ч ЛПФПТЩК ОЕ "ХНБЕФ, Й ТБУУЕЮЕФ ЕЗП, Й П"ЧЕТЗОЕФ ЕЗП П"ОПК ХЮБУФЙ У ОЕЧЕТОЩНЙ. |
| Shuar | nuinkia ni uuntri ni Nákachmanum aya aneachma taa ti Asutiáttawai. Umichu pujuinia nui akupkattawai.' |
| Spanish | vendrá el señor de aquel siervo en el día que no espera y a la hora que no sabe, y le castigará duramente y pondrá su parte con los incrédulos. |
| Swahili | bwana wake atarudi siku asiyoitazamia na saa asiyoijua; atamkatilia mbali na kumweka fungu moja na wasioamini.*fb* |
| Swedish | då skall den tjänarens herre komma på en dag då han icke väntar det, och i en stund då han icke tänker sig det, och han skall låta hugga honom i stycken och låta honom få sin del med de otrogna. -- |
| Uma | Ntaa' we'i, bula-na lempe' moto hewa toe, muu-mule' rata-mi maradika-na hi eo pai' hi jaa to uma na'incai. Batua toei raweba' ntarurua' pai' rapetadi hi mali-na, raponcawa tauna to uma mepangala' hi Alata'ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sunder": sundered, sunderer, sunderers, sundering, sunders. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sunder": asunder. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sunder": misunderstand, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, misunderstands, misunderstood. (additional references) | |
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"Sunder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dunderl, Euander, munder, saunder, Scuderi, sendel, sendero, snude, sondar, sonder, sonter, sudar, sudeo, sumder, Sundaram, sundary, sundery, sundi, Sundin, sundr, sundrey, suner, sunker, tunder, Usdor, zuider. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sunder" (pronounced su"nder) |
| 5 | s u" n d er | asunder. |
| 4 | -u" n d er | blunder, plunder, thunder, under, wonder. |
| 3 | -n d er | Alexander, attainder, auslander, Bander, bartender, bender, binder, blander, blender, blinder, blonder, bookbinder, bounder, brander, bystander, calamander, calendar, candor, cinder, cofounder, commander, Condor, contender, coriander, cylinder, defender, Ender, engender, extender, Fender, finder, flounder, fonder, founder, gander, gender, gerrymander, grander, grinder, highlander, hinder, islander, kinder, Lander, launder, lavender, lender, mainlander, meander, minder, offender, oleander, pander, pathfinder, Pinder, ponder, pounder, pretender, rejoinder, remainder, reminder, render, responder, rounder, salamander, sander, sender, Sidewinder, slander, slender, sounder, Spender, splendor, squander, Stander, surrender, suspender, tender, tinder, transponder, vendor, viewfinder, wander, weekender, winder, yonder, Zander. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nursed. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-n-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: druse, dunes, dures, durns, nerds, nuder, nudes, nurds, nurse, rends, runes, under. | |
-2 letters: dens, dues, dune, duns, dure, durn, ends, erns, nerd, nude, nurd, reds, rend, rude, rued, rues, rune, runs, ruse, send, sned, sued, suer, surd, sure, unde, urds, urns, used, user. | |
-3 letters: den, due, dun, eds, end, ens, ern, ers, nus. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-n-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: asunder, burdens, danseur, dunkers, endures, enduros, ensured, gerunds, insured, nudgers, refunds, resound, rundles, sounder, spurned, sunders, undoers, undress, undrest. | |
+2 letters: blunders, bounders, bundlers, censured, crunodes, danseurs, daunders, daunters, denarius, dentures, denuders, dourines, dourness, drunkest, duramens, durances, durndest, enshroud, founders, guerdons, hounders, hundreds, inducers, insureds, intrudes, launders, lurdanes, maunders, plunders, pounders, rebounds, redounds, refounds, resounds, rondures, roundels, rounders, roundest, rudeness, rundlets, sederunt, sounders, sourdine, squander, strunted, suborned, subtrend, sundered, sunderer, sundress, sundries, surnamed, thunders, tonsured, transude, trudgens, trundles, uncursed, undersea, underset, undrapes, unerased, unhorsed, unraised, unrested, unrinsed, unrushed, unrusted, unseared, unserved, unshared, unsolder, unsorted, unsoured, untreads, unversed, uptrends, uranides, uredines, uridines. | |
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