und
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌnd/
- Rhymes: -ʌnd
Related terms
- oundy
- undade
- undated
- undée
- undulate
- undulating
- undy
German
Etymology
From Middle High German unde, from Old High German unti, from Proto-Germanic *andi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti. Compare Dutch en, English and, Danish end.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊnt/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ʊn/ (colloquially among many speakers)
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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:
- "Das »Ich = Ich« ist die ursprünglichste Erkenntnis, die Urquelle alles Denkens [..], es bedeutet »erstens die rein logische Identität von Subject und Object im Acte des reinen Selbstbewußtseins, zweitens die reale metaphysische Identität des setzenden absoluten Ich und des gesetzten begrenzten Ich, und drittens die zeitliche Identität des Ich in zwei rasch aufeinander folgenden Zeitpunkten« [...]."
- (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
- Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr!
- Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year!
Usage notes
As seen in the second example, commas are never used before und in enumerations, even where English punctuation requires this. However, commas are used before und in certain complex sentence constructions.
Gothic
Romanization
und
- Romanization of 𐌿𐌽𐌳
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʏnt/
- Rhymes: -ʏnt
Etymology 1
From Old Norse und, from Proto-Germanic *wundō.
Declension
Synonyms
- (wound): sár
Etymology 2
Apocopated form of undir.
Old Saxon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /und/
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