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See also: undé and -unde

Danish

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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

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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

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Latin

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Etymology

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From earlier 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

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Adverb

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unde (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative or relative) whence, from where:
    1. (of movement) of the place from which someone or something comes from
      Antonym: quō
      • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 5.1.33:
        Et tu. Unde agis? ― Vnde homo miser atque infortunatus.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 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.
    2. (of location) of the place from which anything is done or takes place
      See also: ex
      • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 124.1:
        Haec ut Cocyti tenebras et Tartara liquit,
        alta petit gradiens iuga nobilis Appennini,
        unde omnes terras atque omnia litora posset
        aspicere ac toto fluitantes orbe catervas, []
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (interrogative or relative) of what/which origin, country, family, stock
  3. (interrogative or relative) with what/which, by (means of) what/which, how

Usage notes

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The adverbs unde and undecumque are sometimes used with gentium (genitive plural of gens (nation)) to denote the same meaning as "whence on earth", "whence in the world" (see also ubī̆ (where) and derivatives).

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Pronoun

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unde

  1. (relative) from/of whom or which (stands for ex/ab/dē quō/quā/quibus)
  2. (relative) by/through/with which (stands for quō/quā/quibus/quī(-cum))
  3. what is necessary (to), enough (to)

Usage notes

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pronoun sense 3 best translates to French de quoi.

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References

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French und, from Latin unda.

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Noun

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unde (plural undes)

  1. (rare) wave

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin unda.

Noun

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

  1. wave (motion of a liquid)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈun.de]
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Adverb

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unde

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

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Sardinian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin unde.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈunde/, [ˈuɳ.ɖɛ]

Conjunction

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unde

  1. where
    Synonym: ue

Adverb

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unde

  1. (interrogative) where, whereabouts
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