undra

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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
undra — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að undra
supine
(sagnbót) 		undrað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		undrandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég undra við undrum present
(nútíð) 		ég undri við undrum
þú undrar þið undrið þú undrir þið undrið
hann, hún, það undrar þeir, þær, þau undra hann, hún, það undri þeir, þær, þau undri
past
(þátíð) 		ég undraði við undruðum past
(þátíð) 		ég undraði við undruðum
þú undraðir þið undruðuð þú undraðir þið undruðuð
hann, hún, það undraði þeir, þær, þau undruðu hann, hún, það undraði þeir, þær, þau undruðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		undra (þú) undrið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
undraðu undriði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
undrast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að undrast
supine
(sagnbót) 		undrast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		undrandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég undrast við undrumst present
(nútíð) 		ég undrist við undrumst
þú undrast þið undrist þú undrist þið undrist
hann, hún, það undrast þeir, þær, þau undrast hann, hún, það undrist þeir, þær, þau undrist
past
(þátíð) 		ég undraðist við undruðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég undraðist við undruðumst
þú undraðist þið undruðust þú undraðist þið undruðust
hann, hún, það undraðist þeir, þær, þau undruðust hann, hún, það undraðist þeir, þær, þau undruðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		undrast (þú) undrist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
undrastu undristi *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

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. to wonder at
  2. (impersonal) to be astonished
    mik undrar
    it astonishes me

Conjugation

Conjugation of undra — active (weak class 2)
infinitive undra
present participle undrandi
past participle undraðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular undra undraða
2nd-person singular undrar undraðir
3rd-person singular undrar undraði
1st-person plural undrum undruðum
2nd-person plural undrið undruðuð
3rd-person plural undra undruðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular undra undraða
2nd-person singular undrir undraðir
3rd-person singular undri undraði
1st-person plural undrim undraðim
2nd-person plural undrið undraðið
3rd-person plural undri undraði
imperative present
2nd-person singular undra
1st-person plural undrum
2nd-person plural undrið
Conjugation of undra — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive undrask
present participle undrandisk
past participle undrazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular undrumk undruðumk
2nd-person singular undrask undraðisk
3rd-person singular undrask undraðisk
1st-person plural undrumsk undruðumsk
2nd-person plural undrizk undruðuzk
3rd-person plural undrask undruðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular undrumk undruðumk
2nd-person singular undrisk undraðisk
3rd-person singular undrisk undraðisk
1st-person plural undrimsk undraðimsk
2nd-person plural undrizk undraðizk
3rd-person plural undrisk undraðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular undrask
1st-person plural undrumsk
2nd-person plural undrizk
  • undr n (“wonder”)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “undra”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Etymology

under +‎ -a, from Old Norse undra.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: undra

Verb

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

  1. to wonder (to ponder about something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of undra (weak)
active passive
infinitive undra —
supine undrat —
imperative undra —
imper. plural1 undren —
present past present past
indicative undrar undrade — —
ind. plural1 undra undrade — —
subjunctive2 undre undrade — —
present participle undrande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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