pfund
9.9
A measure of weight equal to about 500 grams used for food
- noun
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libra
- The old recipe asks for one pfund of sugar, which is about 500 grams.
Examples
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In some German markets, cheese is still sold by the pfund.
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I bought two pfunds of apples at the market.
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In some German markets, cheese is still sold by the pfund.
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He bought a pfund of apples at the local store while visiting Austria.
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The recipe calls for one pfund of flour.
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The old recipe asks for one pfund of sugar, which is about 500 grams.
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He bought a pfund of apples at the local store while visiting Austria.
Synonyms
pound
vspfund
∞
1.0
A unit of weight equal to 16 ounces, about half a kilogram
is the German local name for this weight about equal in mass
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1.0
A weight equal to 16 ounces, often called a pound and used in the US and UK
is the German name for the same weight unit rather than the English abbreviation
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pfund comes from Latin pondus 'weight' and is the same root as English pound, so it means a unit of weight and in many German-speaking places a pfund is about 500 grams.