FromDutchonder, fromMiddle Dutchonder, fromOld Dutchunder, fromProto-Germanic*under.
onder
- under
onder
- under,below,beneath,underneath
- among
FromMiddle Dutchonder, fromOld Dutchunder, fromProto-West Germanic*undar, fromProto-Germanic*under. Cognate withOld Saxonundar,Germanunter,Englishunder.
onder
- under,downwards
- (postpositional) (to)under (implying motion)
Hij ging zo de autoonder.- It wentunder the car just like that.
- covered (especially with something dirty)
onder
- under,below,beneath,underneath
De hagedissen verstoppen zichonder de stenen.- The lizards are hidingunder the stones.
- Er is niets nieuwsonder de zon. ―There is nothing newunder the sun.
- (completely)covered with
Ik ben van mijn fiets gevallen en nu zit ikonder de modder.- I fell off my bicycle and now I'mcovered in mud.
- among,in the midst of,including
- Hij isonder ons! ―He isamong us!
- (in relation to durative actions and processes)during
Onder de schrijfles zaten de kinderen sigaren te roken.- The children were smoking cigarsduring the writing lesson.
Pronominal adverbs ofonder
- (antonym(s) of“under”):op
- (antonym(s) of“under”):over
- (antonym(s) of“under”):boven
onder n
- indefiniteplural ofonde
skiløpar med eionderFromOld Norseǫndurr m, fromProto-Germanic*anduraz. Cognates includeFinnishantura(“keel”). Related to dialectalandår(“ski run, ski trail”).
onder f (definite singularondra,indefinite pluralondrarorondrer,definite pluralondraneorondrene)
- ashortski (usually on theright), used together with alonger ski (on theleft)
- (dated) anordinary ski
