under
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#UNDERCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#UNDER under, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#UNDERCategory:English terms derived from Old English#UNDER under, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#UNDERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#UNDER *undar, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#UNDERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#UNDERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UNDER *(H)n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”).
Akin to German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌndə/, [ˈɐn.də(ɹ)]Category:English 2-syllable words#UNDERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#UNDER
- (General American) enPR: ŭnʹ-dər IPA(key): /ˈʌndɚ/, [ˈʌn(ɾ)ɚ], [ˈʌɾ̃ɚ]Category:English 2-syllable words#UNDERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#UNDER
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#UNDERAudio (General American): (file) - (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈʊndə/Category:English 2-syllable words#UNDERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#UNDER
- Hyphenation: un‧der
- Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/ʌndə(ɹ)#UNDERCategory:Rhymes:English/ʌndə(ɹ)/2 syllables#UNDER
Preposition
underCategory:English lemmas#UNDERCategory:English prepositions#UNDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
- Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
- We found some shade under a tree.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- Quick, stuff the cash under the mattress!Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- There is nothing new under the sun.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- There is an oil leak under the car.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- 1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC:
- The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
- Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. […] Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- Below the surface of.
- 1998, “SpongeBob SquarePants Theme”, in Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon (lyrics), SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights:
- Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants!Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- From one side of to the other, passing beneath.
- I crawled under the fence.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- There is a tunnel under the English Channel.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- Less than.
- Interest rates are now under 1%.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- We can get there in under an hour.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- Subject to.
- We were constantly under bombardment.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- I can't live under these circumstances.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- The matter is under investigation.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.
- He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- During the pandemic, we had to live under severe restrictions.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- Under the law and concession agreement with other parties, the private company must pay taxes in time and on a right amount.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- 1987, Arthur C. Hasiotis, Jr., Soviet Political, Economic, and Military Involvement in Sinkiang from 1928 to 1949, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 62:
- There is general agreement that his military forces were organized into six divisions. They were stationed at the following places: at Ti-hua under the command of Liu Hsi-tsen, at T'a-ch'eng under Chiang Sung-lin, at Ili under Niu Shih, at A-shan under Wei Chen-kuo, at A-k'o-su under Chang Tzu-t'ing, and at Ko-shih-ko-erh (Kashgar) nominally under Tsou-ying, but in reality under Chin's brother, Chin Shu-chih.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
- He was then denied by a magnificent tackle from captain Terry as Liverpool continued to press - but Chelsea survived as the memories of the nightmare under Villas-Boas faded even further into the background.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
- Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- Within the category, classification or heading of.
- File this under "i" for "ignore".Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:
- England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogationCategory:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).
- 2013, The Huffington Post, JK Rowling Pseudonym: Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling' Is Actually By Harry Potter Author:
- J.K. Rowling has written a crime novel called 'The Cuckoo's Calling' under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- He writes books under the name John Smith.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- She now lives under a new identity.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Adverb
under (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#UNDERCategory:English adverbs#UNDERCategory:English uncomparable adverbs#UNDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
- In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
- pulled under by the currents
- weighed under by worry
- 1825, Thomas Moore, The Minster Boy:
- The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain / Could not bring his proud soul under.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- So as to pass beneath something.
- There's quite a gap, so you may be able to sneak under.
- (usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.
- The plants were underwatered.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- Women are under-represented.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#UNDER) In or into an unconscious state.
- It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- Down to defeat, ruin, or death.
- The COVID-19 epidemic and shutdown took some businesses under.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- Big-box store and online retailing have driven many specialty and local retail stores under.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
Adjective
under (comparative more under, superlative most under)Category:English lemmas#UNDERCategory:English adjectives#UNDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
- Lower; beneath something.
- This treatment protects the under portion of the car from rust.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- (in compounds) underbelly, underside, undershirt, undersecretary
- 1835, J G. Peters, A treatise on equitation, or the art of horsemanship, page 179:
- The advantages he gains are of double security to him ; first, by the support of his haunches, being at all times more under than before, he learns to be more active with his hind-quartersCategory:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- 1908, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, The American golfer, volumes 1-2, page 10:
- If you allow the right hand to turn under more than the left, a pull will result, and if the left is more under than the right, a sliced ball will surely follow.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- 2009, Doris Lessing, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, page 30:
- The waves are so steep, they crash so fast and furious I'm more under than up.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
- The army could not keep the people under.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians ix:27:
- I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- 1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, page 45:
- When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; but the troops left us a legacy of "mahogany flats," with which their beds were so swarming that we never got them under.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#UNDER, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#UNDER) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
- Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#UNDER) Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
- This chicken is a bit under. (insufficiently cooked)
- This bag of apples feels under. (of insufficient weight)
- My pay packet last week was £10 under. (of insufficient monetary amount)
- My round of golf today was three under. (under par)
Derived terms
- am I under arrest
- Ascott-under-Wychwood
- Ashton under Hill
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- bag under one's eye
- bag under the eye
- Barton-under-Needwood
- Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard
- bob under
- Boughton under Blean
- bring under
- brush something under the carpet
- brush something under the rug
- bubble under
- buckle under
- build a fire under
- burr under one's saddle
- buy out from under
- chicken under a brick
- come under
- cut the ground from under someone's feet
- cut under
- device under test
- dive-under
- double-under
- down under
- draw a line under
- drink someone under the table
- drink under
- drink under the table
- driving under the influence
- Eaton-under-Heywood
- everything under the sun
- fall under
- five-and-under
- fly-under
- flyunder
- fly under the radar
- fold under zero pressure
- get out from under
- get under it
- get under one's goat
- get under someone's goat
- get under someone's skin
- go under
- have had one's day under the sun
- hide one's light under a bushel
- Hope under Dinmore
- hot under the collar
- interview under caution
- keep under
- knock under
- knuckle under
- land down under
- land under
- let the grass grow under one's feet
- light a fire under
- live under a rock
- lock under
- look under rocks
- Milton-under-Wychwood
- monster under the bed
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- nothing new under the sun
- one can't carry two watermelons under one arm
- one under
- over-and-under
- over and under
- over-under
- pass under the yoke
- patient under investigation
- person under train
- plough under
- plow under
- pop-under
- Preston-under-Scar
- pull the rug out from under
- push under
- put one's legs under someone's mahogany
- put someone under
- put someone under the screw
- put under
- red under the bed
- sail under false colors
- sell out from under
- Shipton-under-Wychwood
- Simple Simon under
- sit under
- six feet under
- sleep under the same bridge
- slip under
- slip under the radar
- snowed under
- snow under
- squeeze under
- stand from under
- stand under
- Stanton under Bardon
- suck under
- Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe
- sweep something under the carpet
- sweep something under the rug
- take under
- take-under
- take under advisement
- talk someone under the table
- the darkest place is under the candlestick
- there is nothing new under the sun
- throw under a bus
- throw under the bus
- time under tension
- triple-under
- turn under
- under-accommodate
- under-accommodated
- under-accommodating
- under-accommodation
- underachieve
- under a cloud
- underage
- under a lucky star
- under and over
- under-approximate
- under-approximation
- underarm
- under arms
- under arrest
- under a spell
- under-attend
- under-attended
- under-awed
- under boob
- under canvas
- under-carter
- under center
- under clothes
- under construction
- under control
- under correction
- under cover
- undercurrent
- undercut
- under-diversification
- under-diversify
- under-dose
- under-educated
- under-endowed
- under erasure
- under-extension
- under-eye
- under-eye bag
- under fire
- under-fired
- under glass
- underground
- under ground
- under-grounder
- under hack
- under-handed
- underhanded
- under-handedly
- under-handedness
- under hatches
- under-hedging
- under-kimono
- underling
- under lock and key
- under-manager
- underneath
- under no circumstance
- under no circumstances
- under oath
- under one roof
- under one's arm
- under one's belt
- under one's breath
- under one's feet
- under one's hand
- under one's hat
- under one's own steam
- under one's thumb
- under one's very eyes
- under one's very nose
- under one's wing
- under over
- under-oxygenated
- under pain of
- under par
- under-petticoat
- under protest
- under-punctuation
- underrate
- underreport
- under-represent
- under-representation
- under-represented
- under-resourced
- under-ripe
- under sail
- under seal
- under-sergeant
- under-served
- under someone's nose
- under someone's roof
- under-spur-leather
- under square
- under-stander
- under-steward
- under-tenant
- under the auspices of
- under the bootheel of
- under the breath
- under the carpet
- under the cosh
- under the counter
- under-the-counter
- under the covers
- under the gun
- under the hammer
- under the hood
- under the illusion
- under the impression
- under the influence
- under the jail
- under the knife
- under the lee
- under the loupe
- under the magnifying glass
- under the mahogany
- under the microscope
- under the pump
- under the radar
- under the rose
- under the rug
- under the rule
- under the saya
- under the sheets
- under the spotlight
- under the stars
- under the sun
- under the surface
- under-the-table
- under the table
- under the weather
- under the wire
- under the yoke
- underthigh
- undertow
- under tow
- under-trial
- under water
- underwater
- under way
- under weigh
- underworld
- under wraps
- up-and-under
- up and under
- voice-under
- water under the bridge
- Weston-under-Lizard
- Weston under Penyard
- Weston-under-Redcastle
- Wotton-under-Edge
- See also under-
Noun
under (plural unders)Category:English lemmas#UNDERCategory:English nouns#UNDERCategory:English countable nouns#UNDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
- The amount by which an actual total is less than the expected or required amount.
- 2008, G. Puttick, Sandy van Esch, The Principles and Practice of Auditing, page 609:
- […] standard cash count forms used to record the count and any overs or unders.Category:English terms with quotations#UNDER
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#UNDER) Something having a particular property that is low or too low.
- I went fishing but caught nothing but unders. (undersized fish)Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- Usually I am at least ten over on that course, but I have shot a couple of unders. (under-par rounds of golf)Category:English terms with usage examples#UNDER
- (gamblingCategory:en:Gambling#UNDER) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such as points scored in a game, will be below a certain stated value.
References
- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "The vertical axis", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
- “under”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “under”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
Category:English position adverbs#UNDERCategory:English movement adverbs#UNDERChinese
Etymology 1
ClippingCategory:Cantonese clippings#UNDER of EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#UNDER underwear.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: an1 daa2
- Yale: ān dá
- Cantonese Pinyin: an1 daa2
- Guangdong Romanization: en1 da2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɐn⁵⁵ taː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
underCategory:Chinese lemmas#UNDERCategory:Chinese nouns#UNDERCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
References
Etymology 2
From EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms borrowed from English#UNDERCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#UNDER under.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: an1 daa4
- Yale: ān dàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: an1 daa4
- Guangdong Romanization: en1 da4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɐn⁵⁵ taː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
underCategory:Chinese lemmas#UNDERCategory:Chinese verbs#UNDERCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
- (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#UNDER) to be under; to be subordinate to
- 2019 June 10, 梁智勇 [Leung Chi Yung, Ronald], “2019年6月10日的聆訊紀錄本 [Transcript of the Hearing held on 10 June 2019]”, in 沙田至中環線項目紅磡站擴建部分及其鄰近的建造工程調查委員會 (前稱沙田至中環線項目紅磡站擴建部分的連續牆及月台層板建造工程調查委員會) [Commission of Inquiry into the Construction Works at and near the Hung Hom Station Extension under the Shatin to Central Link Project (formerly Commission of Inquiry into the Diaphragm Wall and Platform Slab Construction Works at the Hung Hom Station Extension under the Shatin to Central Link Project)], page 6:
- (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#UNDER, photographyCategory:zh:Photography#UNDER) to underexpose
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old NorseCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#UNDER undir, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *under, cognate with English under, German unter.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /on(ˀ)ər/, [ɔnɐ], [ɔnˀɐ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#UNDER or (as an adverb or at the end of a phrase) IPA(key): /onˀər/, [ˈɔnˀɐ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#UNDER
Preposition
underCategory:Danish lemmas#UNDERCategory:Danish prepositions#UNDERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Adverb
underCategory:Danish lemmas#UNDERCategory:Danish adverbs#UNDERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Etymology 2
From Old NorseCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#UNDER undr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *wundrą, cognate with English wonder, German Wunder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /onˀər/, [ˈɔnˀɐ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#UNDER
Noun
under n (singular definite underet, plural indefinite undere)Category:Danish lemmas#UNDERCategory:Danish nouns#UNDERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Danish neuter nouns#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Inflection
Related terms
Etymology 3
Clipping of underdel or undersideCategory:Danish clippings#UNDER.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /onər/, [ˈɔnɐ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#UNDER
Noun
under c (singular definite underen, plural indefinite undere)Category:Danish lemmas#UNDERCategory:Danish nouns#UNDERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
- bottom (part)
Declension
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /onər/, [ˈɔnɐ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#UNDER
Verb
underCategory:Danish non-lemma forms#UNDERCategory:Danish verb forms#UNDERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Latin
Verb
underCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#UNDERCategory:Latin verb forms#UNDERCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#UNDERCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#UNDER under, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#UNDERCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#UNDER *undar, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#UNDERCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *under.
Preposition
underCategory:Middle English lemmas#UNDERCategory:Middle English prepositions#UNDERCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Descendants
References
- “under, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʉ̂nːəɾ/, /ˈʉ̂ndəɾ/Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation#UNDER
- Predominantly silent d in the preposition, pronounced /d/ in the noun; but individual speakers may deviate.
Etymology 1
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#UNDER undir, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *under.
Preposition
underCategory:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#UNDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål prepositions#UNDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#UNDER undr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UNDER *wenh₁- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”).
Noun
under n (definite singular underet or undret, indefinite plural under or undere or undre, definite plural undera or underne or undra or undrene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#UNDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#UNDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Derived terms
References
- “under” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#UNDER undir, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *under. Akin to English under.
Preposition
underCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#UNDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk prepositions#UNDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#UNDER undr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UNDER *wenh₁- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”). Akin to English wonder.
Noun
under n (definite singular underet, indefinite plural under, definite plural undera)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#UNDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#UNDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Derived terms
References
- “under” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#UNDERCategory:Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#UNDER *undar
Preposition
underCategory:Old Dutch lemmas#UNDERCategory:Old Dutch prepositions#UNDERCategory:Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
- under
References
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#UNDERCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#UNDER *undar, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#UNDERCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *under. Compare Old Saxon undar, Old High German untar.
Pronunciation
Preposition
underCategory:Old English lemmas#UNDERCategory:Old English prepositions#UNDERCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER [with dative (indicating location) or accusative (indicating movement)]
- under, beneath
- Cum nū under mīnne hrōf. Iċ sitte ǣr under him.
- Come now under my roof. I am already sitting beneath it.
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Hwǣr cōm mearg? Hwǣr cōm mago? · Hwǣr cōm māþþumġyfa?Category:Old English terms with quotations#UNDER
Hwǣr cōm symbla ġesetu? · Hwǣr sindon seledrēamas?
Ēalā beorht bune! · Ēalā byrnwiga!
Ēalā þēodnes þrym! · Hū sēo þrāg ġewāt,
ġenāp under nihthelm, · swā hēo nō wære.- Whither did the horse come? Whither did the man come? Whither did the treasure-giver come?
Whither did the seats of feasts come? Where are the hall-joys?
Alack and alas, bright cup! Alack and alas, mailed warrior!
Alack and alas, the army of the king! How did the time pass,
grow dark under the cover of night, as if it never did.
- Whither did the horse come? Whither did the man come? Whither did the treasure-giver come?
- among
Descendants
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#UNDERCategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#UNDER undr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#UNDERCategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *wundrą.
Noun
under nCategory:Old Swedish lemmas#UNDERCategory:Old Swedish nouns#UNDERCategory:Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Old Swedish neuter nouns#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
Declension
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| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | undr | undrit | undr | undrin |
| accusative | undr | undrit | undr | undrin |
| dative | undri, undre | undrinu, undreno | undrum, undrom | undrumin, undromen |
| genitive | undrs | undrsins | undra | undranna |
Descendants
- Swedish: under
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old SwedishCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish#UNDERCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish#UNDER undir, from Old NorseCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#UNDERCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#UNDER undir, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#UNDERCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *under.
Preposition
underCategory:Swedish lemmas#UNDERCategory:Swedish prepositions#UNDERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
- under; below; beneath
- during, at the same time as
- Under lektionen pratade de hela tiden.
- During the lesson, they talked all the time.
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old SwedishCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish#UNDERCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish#UNDER under, from Old NorseCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#UNDERCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#UNDER undr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#UNDERCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNDER *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UNDER *wenh₁- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”).
Noun
under nCategory:Swedish lemmas#UNDERCategory:Swedish nouns#UNDERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#UNDERCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#UNDERCategory:Pages with entries#UNDERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#UNDER
- wonder, miracle
- Undrens tid är inte förbi.
- The age of miracles isn't over.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | under | unders |
| definite | undret | undrets | |
| plural | indefinite | under | unders |
| definite | undren | undrens |
Derived terms
See also
References
- “under”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “under”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “under”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)