undra

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʏntra/
  • Rhymes: -ʏntra

Verb

undra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative undraði, supine undrað)

  1. (transitive) to wonder at, to marvel at, to be amazed by

Conjugation

Noun

undra

  1. indefinite genitive plural of undur

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

undra n

  1. definite plural of under

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wundrōną, denominal of *wundrą, whence Old Norse undr (wonder). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to love).

Verb

undra

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to wonder at
  2. (impersonal) to be astonished
    mik undrar
    it astonishes me

Conjugation

  • undr n (wonder)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: undra
  • Faroese: undrast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: undra, undre; undrast
  • Norwegian Bokmål: undre; undres
  • Swedish: undra
  • Danish: undre

References

  • undra”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

under + -a, from Old Norse undra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [²ɵ̞nːdra]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: undra

Verb

undra (present undrar, preterite undrade, supine undrat, imperative undra)

  1. to wonder (to ponder about something)

Conjugation

References

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