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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bende, from Old French bende from Frankish *bindā, *bindu, from Proto-Germanic *bindō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Cognate with Old English binde (“band, wreath, ribbon”), Old High German binta (“band, bandage, string”), Middle Dutch bende (“band, buoy, fetter”).
Noun
bende f (plural bendes or benden, diminutive bendetje n)
- gang, squad
- mess as in: a disagreeable mixture of a large quantity of objects in disorder resulting from people misbehaving or animals stampeding
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From bent gij, by analogy of other -de verb contractions. The personal agreement is ungrammatical in standard Dutch, and is based on contamination with ben jij.
Contraction
bende
- (Brabant) Contraction of bent gij.
Usage notes
The contraction is sometimes reinforced with an additional gij, giving bende gij.
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
bende f
- plural of benda
References
Anagrams
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese vender.
Verb
bende
- (Sotavento) sell
References
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
- Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
bende
- inflection of bendan:
- first-person singular present/preterite indicative
- third-person singular preterite indicative
- singular present/preterite subjunctive
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese vender and Spanish vender and Kabuverdianu bendi.
Verb
bende
- to sell
Turkish
Etymology
From Persian بنده (bande).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛnˈde/
- Hyphenation: ben‧de
Noun
bende
- (obsolete, poetic) servant, slave
- Synonyms: kul, köle
Pronoun
bende
- locative of ben
Usage notes
- Very often ben de ("me too") is misspelled as bende.