undra

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʏntra]
• Rhymes: -ʏntra

Etymology 1

Verb

undra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative undraði, supine undrað)

1. (transitive) to wonder at, to marvel at, to be amazed by

Conjugation

undra – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að undra
supine sagnbót		undrað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		undrandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	undra	undraði		undri	undraði
	þú	undrar	undraðir		undrir	undraðir
	hann, hún, það	undrar	undraði		undri	undraði
plural	við	undrum	undruðum		undrum	undruðum
	þið	undrið	undruðuð		undrið	undruðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	undra	undruðu		undri	undruðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	undra (þú), undraðu
plural	þið	undrið (þið), undriði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

undrast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að undrast
supine sagnbót		undrast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		undrandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	undrast	undraðist		undrist	undraðist
	þú	undrast	undraðist		undrist	undraðist
	hann, hún, það	undrast	undraðist		undrist	undraðist
plural	við	undrumst	undruðumst		undrumst	undruðumst
	þið	undrist	undruðust		undrist	undruðust
	þeir, þær, þau	undrast	undruðust		undrist	undruðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	undrast (þú), undrastu
plural	þið	undrist (þið), undristi1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

Noun

undra

1. indefinite genitive plural of undur

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• undera, underne, undrene

Noun

undra n

1. definite plural of under

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wundrōną, denominal of *wundrą, whence Old Norse undr (“wonder”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”).

Verb

undra

1. to wonder at [with accusative]
2. (impersonal) to be astonished

   mik undrar

   it astonishes me

Conjugation

Conjugation of undra — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	undra
present participle	undrandi
past participle	undraðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	undra	undraða		undra	undraða
2nd person singular	undrar	undraðir		undrir	undraðir
3rd person singular	undrar	undraði		undri	undraði
1st person plural	undrum	undruðum		undrim	undraðim
2nd person plural	undrið	undruðuð		undrið	undraðið
3rd person plural	undra	undruðu		undri	undraði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	undra
1st person plural	undrum
2nd person plural	undrið

Conjugation of undra — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	undrask
present participle	undrandisk
past participle	undrazk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	undrumk	undruðumk		undrumk	undruðumk
2nd person singular	undrask	undraðisk		undrisk	undraðisk
3rd person singular	undrask	undraðisk		undrisk	undraðisk
1st person plural	undrumsk	undruðumsk		undrimsk	undraðimsk
2nd person plural	undrizk	undruðuzk		undrizk	undraðizk
3rd person plural	undrask	undruðusk		undrisk	undraðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	undrask
1st person plural	undrumsk
2nd person plural	undrizk

Related terms

• undr n (“wonder”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: undra
• Faroese: undrast
• Norwegian Nynorsk: undra, undre; undrast
• Norwegian Bokmål: undre; undres
• Swedish: undra
• Danish: undre

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “undra”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Etymology

under +‎ -a, from Old Norse undra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ɵ̞nːdra]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: undra

Verb

undra (present undrar, preterite undrade, supine undrat, imperative undra)

1. to wonder (to ponder about something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of undra (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	undra		—
supine	undrat		—
imperative	undra		—
imper. plural1	undren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	undrar	undrade	—	—
ind. plural1	undra	undrade	—	—
subjunctive2	undre	undrade	—	—
present participle		undrande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• beundra
• förundra
• undran

References

• “undra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• runda