unde

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See also: undé and -unde

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse unna, from Proto-Germanic *unnaną. Cognate with Icelandic unna, Faroese unna, Norwegian unne, related to Danish yndig, ynde, gunst, Swedish verb gynna, German gönnen.

Verb

unde

  1. (transitive) to find joy in a fortune enjoyed by another; to feel that another has deserved something
    • 2011, Sara Blædel, Kald mig prinsesse, Art People (→ISBN)
      Under jeg hende ikke at blive lykkelig? tænkte hun.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2017, Diana Benneweis, Alting har sin pris, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)
      Jeg er sikker på og glad for, at Ilse fik en oplevelse for livet. Det under jeg hende.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2000, En lykkelig kvinde: roman, Gyldendal A/S (→ISBN), page 11
      Min kollega Miriam trænger til aflastning og det under jeg hende fuldt ud.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1837, Hans Christian Andersen, Improvisatoren: original roman i to dele, page 214
      Det var daarligt gjort!' svarede han og loe, nei, da under jeg hende en bedre Mand, end mig.'
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2017, Marie Louise Fischer, Tvillingerne, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)
      Den triumf under jeg hende ikke.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (obsolete) to like, to love
    • 1862, Danmarks gamle folkeviser, page 25
      Valdemar lader Tove kalde, byder hende sidde hos og spørger hende, hvor vel hun under Sofie, hvortil Тove svarer: Saa vel under jeg hende som min egen Søn Кristoffer; jeg vil give hende Gangeren graa og Dronningenavnet oven i Кjøbet.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2016, Thit Jensen, Jørgen Lykke: bind 2, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)
      » Da under jeg hende bedre end Albrecht Skeel.«
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Interlingue

Noun

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  1. wave (in various senses)

Latin

Etymology

For cunde, from a declined form of quī (which, what, where) and a demonstrative suffix -de. See ubi for the loss of c.

Pronunciation

Adverb

unde (not comparable)

  1. whence, from where
    Unde venīs?
    Whence comest (thou)?

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: onde
  • Catalan: on
  • Dalmatian: du andú
  • Franco-Provençal: onte, dont
  • French: dont
  • Galician: onde
  • Italian: onde
  • Occitan: ont

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See also

References

  • unde”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • unde”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • unde in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • it follows from this that..: ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
    • but to return from the digression we have been making: sed redeat, unde aberravit oratio
    • but to return from the digression we have been making: sed ad id, unde digressi sumus, revertamur
    • but to return from the digression we have been making: verum ut ad id, unde digressa est oratio, revertamur
    • I have no means, no livelihood: non habeo, qui (unde) vivam

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French und, from Latin unda.

Pronunciation

Noun

unde (plural undes)

  1. (rare) wave

Descendants

References


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin unda.

Noun

unde oblique singularf (oblique plural undes, nominative singular unde, nominative plural undes)

  1. wave (motion of a liquid)

Descendants


Romanian

Etymology

From Latin unde.

Pronunciation

Adverb

unde

  1. where
    Unde ai fost ieri?
    Where were you yesterday?

Derived terms