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

Latin

Etymology

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

Adverb

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
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 124.3:
      Ex praescripto ergo consilii communis exaggerata verborum volubilitate, unde aut qui essemus haud dubie credentibus indicavimus.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (interrogative or relative) with what/which, by (means of) what/which, how
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 50.5:
      Et ne me putetis nesapium esse, valde bene scio, unde primum Corinthea [vasa] nata sint.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 140.15:
      Vnde plani autem, unde levatores viverent, nisi aut locellos aut sonantes aere sacellos pro hamis in turbam mitterent?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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).

Derived terms

Pronoun

unde

  1. (relative) from/of whom or which (stands for ex/ab/dē quō/quā/quibus)
    • c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 1.2.117–122:
      flens me obsecravit suo ne gnato crederem [se domi thensaurum celavisse]
      neu quoiquam unde ad eum id posset permanascere.
      Nunc si ille huc salvos revenit, reddam suom sibi;
      si quid eo fuerit, certe illius filiae,
      quae mihi mandatast, habeo dotem unde dem,
      ut eam in se dignam condicionem conlocem.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Epidicus 80:
      Numquam hominem quemquam conveni, unde abierim lubentius.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 1.67:
      [] ; hoc profecto efficiet ut, quamcumque rem a quoquo cognoverit, de ea multo dicat ornatius quam ille ipse, unde cognorit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 66.7:
      Etiam in alveo circumlata sunt oxycomina, unde quidam etiam improbi ternos pugnos sustulerunt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (relative) by/through/with which (stands for quō/quā/quibus/quī(-cum))
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 137.6:
      Ecce duos aureos pono, unde possitis et deos et anseres emere.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. what is necessary (to), enough (to)
    • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 850:
      Scis bene esse, si sit unde.
      You'd know how to eat well, if you had the means.
    • c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 1.2.117–122:
      flens me obsecravit suo ne gnato crederem [se domi thensaurum celavisse]
      neu quoiquam unde ad eum id posset permanascere.
      Nunc si ille huc salvos revenit, reddam suom sibi;
      si quid eo fuerit, certe illius filiae,
      quae mihi mandatast, habeo dotem unde dem,
      ut eam in se dignam condicionem conlocem.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 45.6:
      Ferrum optimum daturus est [Titus], sine fuga, carnarium in medio, ut amphitheater videat. Et habet unde.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 46.2:
      Inveniemus ergo unde saturi fiamus.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

pronoun sense 3 best translates to French de quoi.

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

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

Etymology

From Old French und, from Latin unda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈund(ə)/

Noun

unde (plural undes)

  1. (rare) wave

Descendants

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin unda.

Noun

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

  1. wave (motion of a liquid)

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈun.de]
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

unde

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

Derived terms

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin unde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈunde/, [ˈuɳ.ɖɛ]

Conjunction

unde

  1. where
    Synonym: ue

Adverb

unde

  1. (interrogative) where, whereabouts