Undine

See also: undine and undīne

English

Etymology

From German Undine (“undine”), first used as a given name in the novel Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and in 19th-century operas based on the book.

Proper noun

Undine

  1. (rare outside fiction) A female given name from Latin.
    • 1818 Translation by George Soane of Undine (1811) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, W.Simpkin and R. Marshall, pages 24-25:
      The child, on the contrary, would by no means listen to this, declaring she had been called Undine by her parents, and Undine she would still be called. Now this seemed to me a Pagan name, which stood in no calendar, and therefore I took counsel of a priest in the city.

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʊnˈdiːnə/
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  • Hyphenation: Un‧di‧ne

Noun

Undine f (genitive Undine, plural Undinen)

  1. an undine

Declension
Declension of Undine [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Undine die Undinen
genitive einer der Undine der Undinen
dative einer der Undine den Undinen
accusative eine die Undine die Undinen

Descendants
  • English: undine
  • Japanese: ウンディーネ (undīne)
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