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

Inflection of unde

	present	past
simple	under	undte
perfect	har undt	havde undt
passive	undes	undtes
participle	undende	undt
imperative	und	—
infinitive	unde	—
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) IPA^(key): /ˈun.de/, [ˈʊn̪d̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.de/, [ˈun̪d̪e]

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.

     There's Aristius Fuscus coming up[..]We stop. “Where have you been? Where are you headed?” he asks and answers.

Antonyms

• quō

Derived terms

• alicunde
• sīcunde
• undique
• unde es?

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	universal	free choice	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quisque	quīvis, quīlibet	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	uterque	utervīs, uterlibet		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubīque	ubivīs, ubilibet	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	undique	°undelibet			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum		quōvīs, quōlibet	quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāque	quāvīs, quālibet		nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	utique	quōmodolibet	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōque	quandōlibet	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam		quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus		quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis		quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot		quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus		quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns		quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Descendants

• Asturian: onde
• Catalan: on
• Dalmatian: du andú
• Franco-Provençal: onte, dont
• French: dont
• Galician: onde
• Italian: onde
• Megleno-Romanian: iundi
• Occitan: ont
• Old French: ont
• Portuguese: onde
• Romanian: unde
• Sardinian: abundi
• Sicilian: unni
• Spanish: donde, onde
• Venetian: 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^[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

• 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 2018-07-11.

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

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