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 quote)

   • 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 quote)

   • 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 quote)

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]
• (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	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hōra		ea/ista hōra	hac hōra	illa hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra	eadem hōra	altera/alia hōra
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

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 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]

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