how to pronounce und

/ʊnt/

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und is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of und in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… 20.000 euro hatte und dann habe ich ihm …”

meanings of und

conjunction:

And.
Links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them.

interjection:

So?, now?, and?.

und frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word und occurs in german on average 28844.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.