undra

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

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

• undera, underne, undrene

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

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

Related terms

• 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]

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	undrande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• beundra
• förundra
• undran

References

• undra in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• runda