unde

See also: undé and -unde

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse unna, from Proto-Germanic *unnaną, cognate with Norwegian unne, Swedish unna, German gönnen. Related to the Danish words yndig, ynde, gunst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onə/, [ˈɔnə]
• Homophone: onde

Verb

unde (past tense undte, past participle undt)

1. (transitive) to wish, grant, not grudge (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.

     Do I begrudge her happiness?

   • 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.

     I am sure and glad that Ilse had the experience of her life. I think she deserved it.

   • 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.'

     That was ill done! he replied and laughed, no, then I wish her a better man/husband than me.

   • 2017, Marie Louise Fischer, Tvillingerne, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Den triumf under jeg hende ikke.

     I find no joy in her triumph.

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)

Conjugation

Conjugation of unde

active passive present under undes past undte undtes infinitive unde undes imperative und — participle present undende past undt (auxiliary verb have) gerund unden

Derived terms

• forunde
• misunde

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 and compare ali-cunde and sī-cunde.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊn.dɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈun.de]

Adverb

unde (not comparable)

1. whence; from where
   • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Sermones 1.9.60-63:

     Ecce Fuscus Aristius occurrit […] Cōnsistimus. “Unde venīs?” et “quō tendis?” rogat et respondet.

     Behold! Fuscus Aristius upcometh […] We stop. “Whence comest thou?” and “Whither headest?”, he asketh and answerth.

Antonyms

• quō

Derived terms

• alicunde
• sīcunde
• undique
• unde es?

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			realis		irrealis		interrogative				indefinite					alternative
	proximal	medial	distal	anaphoric	identity	conditional	negative		indefinite	irrelative / emphatic	relative		irrelative	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste istic	ille illic	is	ipse īdem	sīquis	nēquisquam nēmō̆ nihil nūllus	numquis	ecquis ecquī ecquisnam ecquīnam	quisnam quīnam	quis quī	quisquis quīcumque	quīdam aliquis, quis aliquī, quī quispiam	quīvis quīlibet	quisque	quisquam ūllus	alius
comparative	huiusmodī huiuscemodī	istī̆usmodī	illī̆usmodī	eiusmodī	eiusdemmodī	sīcuiusmodī	nēcuiusquammodī	numcuiusmodī		cuiusnammodī	cuiusmodī	cuiusmodīcumque	alicuiusmodī cuiusdammodī	cuiusvīsmodī	cuiusquemodī	cuiusquammodī	alterī̆usmodī
dual							neuter			uternam	uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs uterlibet	uterque		alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	sīcubī	nusquam nūllibī			ubinam	ubī̆	ubī̆cumque ubiubī̆	alicubī̆ uspiam	ubivīs ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	alibī aliās
source	hinc	ºistim istinc	ºillim illinc	inde	indidem	sīcunde	°nūllunde			undenam	ºcum unde	undecumque undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique	°undiquam	aliunde
destination	hūc hōc °hōrsum	istūc istōc °istōrsum	illūc illōc °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	sīquō	nusquam °nūllōrsum	numquō	ecquō	quōnam	quō quōrsum	quōcumque quōquō °quōrsumcumque	aliquō quōpiam °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs quōlibet	quōque	quōquam	aliō aliōrsum
means, way, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	sīquā	nēquāquam haudquāquam	numquā	ecquā	quānam	quā	quācumque quāquā	aliquā	quāvīs quālibet	quāque	°quāquam ūllā	aliā
distance	hāctenus	°istātenus °istāctenus	°illātenus °illāctenus	eātenus			nūllātenus		°ecquātenus	°quātenusnam	quātenus	°quātenuscumque °quāquātenus	aliquātenus quādantenus	°quātenusvīs °quātenuslibet		ūllātenus	aliātenus
reason	°hācpropter °hōccircā	°istāpropter	°illāpropter	eāpropter eōcircā			°nullāpropter °nullōcircā				cūr quāpropter quōcircā quārē		°quādampropter		°quōquecircā		°aliāpropter
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita sīc eō modō	item itidem	sīquī	nihil nihilō neutiquam °neutī̆que nēquīquam nē quidem nūllō modō	numquī	ecquī	utinam	ut prout quī quō modō quōmodo quemadmodum quiter quārē	utcumque utut proutcumque quōmodocumque °quemadmodumcumque	quī quōdam modō aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	°utiquam °quīquam ūllō modō	aliter aliōquī alterō/aliō modō
time	†num nunc		ōlim	tum tunc	simul	sīquandō̆	numquam	°numquandō̆	ecquandō̆	quandōnam	quandō̆ ‡cum	quandōcumque quandōque cumque °quandōnē °quandōquandō °cumcumque	quondam aliquandō̆	°quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen †tandem						quam	quamcumque †quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs quamlibet	quamque
size				tantus	tantusdem							quantus	quantuscumque quantusquantus	aliquantus	quantusvīs quantuslibet	quantusque
quality				tālis					°ecquālis	quālisnam	quālis	quāliscumque quālisquālis	aliquālis	quālislibet	quālisque
number				tot	totidem					°quotnam °quotinam	quot	quotquot quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order/fractional				totus							quotus	°quotuscumque	°aliquotus	°quotuslibet	°quotusque °quotusquisque
repetition				totiēns			nullotiēns				quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet	quotiēnsque °quotiēnsquisque
multiplication				totuplex							quotuplex
proportion				°totuplus							quotuplus
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat changed ° Rare ‡ Only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative.

Descendants

• Asturian: onde
• Catalan: on
• Aragonese: on, an
• Dalmatian: du andú
• Franco-Provençal: onte, dont
• French: dont
• Galician: onde
• Italian: onde, donde
• Megleno-Romanian: iundi
• Occitan: ont
• Old French: ont
• Piedmontese: ant, ante
• Portuguese: onde
• Romanian: unde
• Sardinian: abundi
• Sicilian: unni
• Spanish: onde, donde
• Venetan: ónde

See also

• inde

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, 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

• unðe

Etymology

From Old French und, from Latin unda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈund(ə)/

Noun

unde (plural undes)

1. (rare) wave

Descendants

• English: und

References

• “unde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 July 2018.

Old French

Alternative forms

• onde

Etymology

From Latin unda.

Noun

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

1. wave (motion of a liquid)

Descendants

• French: onde

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin unde. Cognate with Sardinian unde and Sicilian unni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈun.de]

• Audio:

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Adverb

unde

1. where

   Unde ai fost ieri?

   Where were you yesterday?

Derived terms

• undeva
• oriunde
• altundeva

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• undi (“Campidanese”)
• umbe

Etymology

From Latin unde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈunde/, [ˈuɳ.ɖɛ]

Conjunction

unde

1. where

   Synonym: ue

Adverb

unde

1. (interrogative) where, whereabouts

Related terms

• cale
• cando
• cantu
• chie, chene, chine
• comente
• ite, chite
• proite, abbite