Kunde

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See also: kunde and -kunde

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊndə/
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  • Hyphenation: Kun‧de

Etymology 1

From Middle High German kunde, from Old High German cundo, from Proto-West Germanic *kunþō. Cognate with Old English cūþa and Middle Dutch konde (“acquaintance, friend”).

Noun

Kunde m (weak, genitive Kunden, plural Kunden, feminine Kundin)

  1. customer, patron, client
    Antonyms: Verkäufer, Dienstleister, Lieferant
    Der Kunde ist König. ― The customer is king.
  2. (colloquial, often derogatory and/or with an adjective) bloke, guy
    Synonyms: Typ, Kerl, Vogel
    Was bist du denn für ’n komischer Kunde hier?! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Declension of Kunde
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kunde die Kunden
genitive eines des Kunden der Kunden
dative einem dem Kunden den Kunden
accusative einen den Kunden die Kunden
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Etymology 2

From Middle High German kunde, künde, from Old High German *kundī (attested in compounds). Abstract noun of the verb künden (“to tell, announce, declare”). The noun had all but died out in High German by the 16th century, but was then revived after Middle Low German kunde. Further cognate with Dutch kunde (also konde).

Noun

Kunde f (genitive Kunde, plural (rare) Kunden)

  1. (higher register) tidings, news
    Synonyms: Nachricht, Botschaft, Mitteilung
  2. (in compounds) see -kunde
Declension
Declension of Kunde
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kunde die Kunden1
genitive einer der Kunde der Kunden1
dative einer der Kunde den Kunden1
accusative eine die Kunde die Kunden1

1Rare.

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Further reading

Plautdietsch

Noun

Kunde

  1. plural of Kund (“client”)
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