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Webster 1913 Edition

Undine

Un-dine′

,
Noun.
[G.
undine
, or F.
ondin
,
ondine
, from L.
unda
a wave, water.]
One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal.

Definition 2024

Undine

Undine

See also: undine and undīne

English

Proper noun

Undine

  1. (rare outside fiction) A female given name.
    • 1818 Translation by George Soane of Undine (1811) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, W.Simpkin and R. Marshall, pages 24-25:
      The child, on the contrary, would by no means listen to this, declaring she had been called Undine by her parents, and Undine she would still be called. Now this seemed to me a Pagan name, which stood in no calendar, and therefore I took counsel of a priest in the city.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊnˈdiːnə/
  • Hyphenation: Un‧di‧ne

Noun

Undine f ‎(genitive Undine, plural Undinen)

  1. an undine

Declension

Descendants

undine

undine

See also: Undine and undīne

English

Noun

undine ‎(plural undines)

  1. A female water-sprite or nymph.
  2. The elemental being of water.

Translations

Etymology

From German Undine ‎(“undine”), first used as a given name in the novel Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and in 19th century operas based on the book.

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