English Online Dictionary. What means und? What does und mean?
Translingual
Symbol
und
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for an undetermined language.
English
Alternative forms
- vnd (alternative typography) [16th C.]
Etymology
From Middle English unde (“a wave”), from either the Old French unde or Latin unda (“wave”). Doublet of water, ultimately from the same Indo-European root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌnd/
- Rhymes: -ʌnd
Noun
und (plural unds)
- (obsolete, rare) A wave.
- (heraldry) A billow- or wave-like marking.
Related terms
References
- OED (2nd ed., 1989), “†und”
Anagrams
- DNU, Dun, dun
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German unde, from Old High German unti, from Proto-West Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *andi. Cognates include German und and Luxembourgish an.
Pronunciation
- (Vienna) IPA(key): /ˈunt/
- Hyphenation: und
Conjunction
und
- (Vienna) and
- Du und i. ― You and I.
References
- Maria Hornung; Sigmar Grüner (2002), “und”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
Estonian
Noun
und
- partitive singular of uni
German
Alternative forms
- unnd, unnt, unt, vnd, vnnd, vnnt, vnt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German unde, from Old High German unti, from Proto-Germanic *andi *anþi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti. Compare Dutch en, English and, Danish end.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊnt/, [(ʔ)ʊnt] (standard)
- IPA(key): /ən/, [n̩] (in numbers from 21 to 99, alternative de-facto standard)
- IPA(key): /ʊn/, [(ʔ)ʊn] (in other contexts, colloquial)
Conjunction
und
- (co-ordinating) and
- Kaffee und Kuchen ― coffee and cake
- Ich kam, sah und siegte. ― I came, saw, and conquered.
- 1904, Rudolf Eisler, Wörterbuch der philosophischen Begriffe, Berlin, volume 1, sub verbo Ich, page 446-457:
- (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
Usage notes
- As seen in the second example, commas are never used before und in enumerations, even where some English style guides prescribe this.
- Commas are used before und (and oder) in complex sentences when a subclause intervenes. Compare:
- Commas are optional when und connects two complete sentences (i.e. when a full stop could be used instead of the conjunction):
- Der Fischer fischt[,] und der Jäger jagt. ― The fisherman fishes and the hunter hunts.
Interjection
und
- so?, now?, and?
Further reading
- “und” in Duden online
- “und” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “und”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Gothic
Romanization
und
- Romanization of 𐌿𐌽𐌳
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- unjad
Etymology
un + -d
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈund]
- Hyphenation: und
- Rhymes: -und
- Homophone: Und
Verb
und
- second-person singular subjunctive present definite of un
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʏnt/
- Rhymes: -ʏnt
Etymology 1
From Old Norse und, from Proto-Germanic *wundō.
Noun
und f (genitive singular undar, nominative plural undir)
- (poetic) wound
Declension
Synonyms
- (wound): sár
Etymology 2
Apocopated form of undir.
Preposition
und
- (poetic) under
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Shortened form of undir
Preposition
und
- under
Derived terms
- unz
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *wundō (“wound”).
Noun
und f (genitive undar, plural undir)
- (poetic) wound
Declension
Related terms
- unda (“to wound”) (undaðr (“wounded”))
Descendants
- Icelandic: und
- Old Swedish: und
- Danish: vunde (influenced by Low German)
References
- “und”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Saxon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /und/
Preposition
und (with accusative)
- until
Conjunction
und
- until