und
und - Translingual
Symbol
und
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for an undetermined language.
und - English
Alternative forms
- vnd (alternative typography)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʌnd/
Noun
und (plural unds)
Related terms
- oundy
- undade
- undated
- undée
- undulate
- undulating
- undy
Anagrams
und - Bavarian
Pronunciation
- (Vienna) IPA: /ˈunt/
- Hyphenation: und
Conjunction
und
- (Vienna) and
- Du und i. ― You and I.
und - Estonian
Noun
und
- partitive singular of uni
und - German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʊnt/, [(ʔ)ʊnt] (standard)
- IPA: /ən/, [n̩] (in numbers from 21 to 99, alternative de-facto standard)
- IPA: /ʊn/, [(ʔ)ʊn] (in other contexts, colloquial)
Conjunction
und
- (co-ordinating) and
- Kaffee und Kuchen ― coffee and cake
- Ich kam, sah und siegte. ― I came, saw, and conquered.
- (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 some English style guides prescribe this.
- Commas are used before und (and oder) in complex sentences when a subclause intervenes. Compare:
- Er erklärte, dass er den Vorschlag gutheiße, und bat um Zustimmung. (und continues the main clause)
- He declared that he approved of the proposal, and asked for endorsement.
- Er erklärte, dass er den Vorschlag gutheiße und um Zustimmung bitte. (und continues the subclause)
- He declared that he approved of the proposal and (that he) asked for endorsement.
- Commas are optional when und connects two complete sentences (i.e. when a full stop could be used instead of the conjunction):
- Der Fischer fischt[,] und der Jäger jagt. ― The fisherman fishes and the hunter hunts.
Interjection
und
und - Gothic
Romanization
und
- Romanization of 𐌿𐌽𐌳
und - Hungarian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈund]
- Hyphenation: und
- Homophone: Und
Verb
und
- second-person singular subjunctive present definite of un
und - Icelandic
Noun
und f (genitive singular undar, nominative plural undir)
Declension
Synonyms
- (wound): sár
Preposition
und
und - Old Norse
Preposition
und
Derived terms
Noun
und f (genitive undar, plural undir)
Declension
Related terms
- unda (“to wound”) (undaðr (“wounded”))
Descendants
und - Old Saxon
Pronunciation
- IPA: /und/
Preposition
und (with accusative)
Conjunction
und