sound
To produce a soundTo produce a sound.
» When did you hear the sound?
Wann hast du das Geräusch gehört?
Wann haben Sie das Geräusch gehört?
Wann habt ihr das Geräusch gehört?
Когда ты услышал тот звук?
Де ти чув цей звук?
Де ти чула цей звук?
Де ти почув цей звук?
Де ти почула цей звук?
Meaning
11 senses(intransitive)To produce a sound.
When the horn sounds, take cover.
klingen, erklingen, lauten
звуча́тьzvučátʹ, прозвуча́тьprozvučátʹ, издава́ть звукizdavátʹ zvuk
звуча́тиzvučáty
cause to sound
(copulative)To convey an impression by one's sound.
He sounded good when we last spoke.
That story sounds like a pack of lies!
klingen
звуча́тьzvučátʹ
announce by means of a sound
(intransitive)To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
(intransitive, often)To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
In my opinion this claim sounds in damages rather than in an injunction.
(transitive)To cause to produce a sound.
Sound the alarm!
He sounds the instrument.
make a certain noise or sound
(transitive)To pronounce.
The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
aussprechen
(intransitive)Of a whale, to dive downwards.
The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
sondieren
зонди́роватьzondírovatʹ, зонди́роватьzondírovatʹ
To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra
(intransitive, obsolete)To resound.
Examples
3996 sentencesWhen did you hear the sound?
Де ти чув цей звук?
ruКогда ты услышал тот звук?
deWann hast du das Geräusch gehört?
Their plan sounds interesting to me.
Як на мене їхній план виглядає цікавим.
ruИх план кажется мне интересным.
It sounds like someone is crying.
Таке враження, що хтось плаче.
deEs hört sich an, als ob jemand weint.
I've never heard that sound before.
Я ніколи раніше не чув цього звука.
deDas Geräusch habe ich noch nie gehört.
Why does that name sound familiar?
Чому це ім'я звучить так, ніби я його знаю?
ruПочему это имя кажется мне знакомым?
Translations
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Origin
* Noun: from Middle English sownde, alteration of soun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sun, so* Noun: from Middle English sownde, alteration of soun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sun, soun, Old French son, from accusative of Latin sonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).
From Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin, compare Old English sundgyrd (“a sounding rod”), sundline (“a sounding line”), Old English sund (“water, sea”). More at Etymology 3 above.
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Forms
sounds, sounding, sounded, soundedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
106 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- sounds like
- sounds like a
- that sounds like
- the sound of
- sound pretty
- didn't sound very
- sounds familiar
- sound asleep
- very sound sleeper
- was sound asleep
- sound very confident
- heard the sound