undine

un·dine
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/ˈʌndiːn/

noun

A female water-sprite or nymph.

OriginGerman Undine ← New Latin undīna ← Latin unda →
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Meanings

undine1

nounundine (plural undines)

plural undines · alternative ondine

  1. A female water-sprite or nymph.
  2. The elemental being of water.
  3. medicinea small flask used to apply lotions to the eye.

Undine2

proper noun
  1. regionalfictionA female given name from Latin.

    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.

    1818 Translation by George Soane of Undine (1811) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, W.Simpkin and R. Marshall, pages 24-25

Origin

undine · noun

  1. Latinunda“wave”
  2. New Latinundīna
  3. GermanUndine
  4. Englishundine

From German Undine, from New Latin undīna, from Latin unda (“wave”).

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Undine · proper noun

  1. GermanUndine“undine”
  2. EnglishUndine

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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Translations

Bulgarian нимфа, ундина
  • нимфа (nimfa)female water-sprite or nymph
  • ундина (undina)female water-sprite or nymph
Catalan ondina
  • ondinafemale water-sprite or nymph
Esperanto akvofeino, undino
  • akvofeinofemale water-sprite or nymph
  • undinofemale water-sprite or nymph
Finnish undiini
  • undiinifemale water-sprite or nymph
French ondine
  • ondinefemale water-sprite or nymph
German Undine
  • Undinefemale water-sprite or nymph
Greek νεράιδα
  • νεράιδα (neráida)female water-sprite or nymph
Hungarian sellő
  • sellőfemale water-sprite or nymph
Italian ondina
  • ondinafemale water-sprite or nymph
Japanese ウンディーネ
  • ウンディーネ (undīne)female water-sprite or nymph
Korean 물의 요정, 운디네
  • 물의 요정 (murui yojeong)female water-sprite or nymph
  • 운디네 (undine)female water-sprite or nymph
Polish ondyna
  • ondynafemale water-sprite or nymph
Portuguese ondina
  • ondinafemale water-sprite or nymph
Romanian ondină
  • ondinăfemale water-sprite or nymph
Russian ни́мфа, унди́на
  • ни́мфа (nímfa)female water-sprite or nymph
  • унди́на (undína)female water-sprite or nymph
Spanish ondina
  • ondinafemale water-sprite or nymph
Cite this entry
APA

undine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undine

MLA

“undine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undine.

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