dienen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dienen, from Old Dutch thienon, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdinə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: die‧nen
  • Rhymes: -inən

Verb

dienen

  1. (transitive) to serve
  2. (auxiliary, with te) to ought to, to be to, be expected to
    Melk dient gekoeld bewaard te blijven.
    Milk is to be kept cooled.

Inflection

Inflection of dienen (weak)
infinitive dienen
past singular diende
past participle gediend
infinitive dienen
gerund dienen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dien diende
2nd person sing. (jij) dient diende
2nd person sing. (u) dient diende
2nd person sing. (gij) dient diende
3rd person singular dient diende
plural dienen dienden
subjunctive sing.1 diene diende
subjunctive plur.1 dienen dienden
imperative sing. dien
imperative plur.1 dient
participles dienend gediend
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dien
  • Negerhollands: dien
  • Saramaccan: díni
  • Sranan Tongo: dini

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Old High German dionōn, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną.

Pronunciation

Verb

dienen (weak, third-person singular present dient, past tense diente, past participle gedient, auxiliary haben)

  1. (with dative object) to serve in public office or the military
  2. (with dative object) to serve, to be a servant (for example butler or maid) for
  3. (with dative object) to serve a cause
  4. (intransitive) to assist, to be of assistance
  5. (intransitive, with als (as)) to serve (as), to double (as), to act as a replacement for
    Diese Kirche diente während der Invasion als Krankenhaus.
    This church served as a hospital during the invasion.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • dienen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dienen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dienen” in Duden online
  • dienen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thienon, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną.

Verb

dienen

  1. to serve, to obey
  2. to be in service of
  3. to serve (food)
  4. to help, to take care of
  5. to provide with

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive dienen
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive dienen
In genitive dienens
In dative dienene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular diene
2nd singular diens, dienes
3rd singular dient, dienet
1st plural dienen
2nd plural dient, dienet
3rd plural dienen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular diene
2nd singular diens, dienes
3rd singular diene
1st plural dienen
2nd plural dient, dienet
3rd plural dienen
Imperative Present
Singular dien, diene
Plural dient, dienet
Present Past
Participle dienende

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

dienen

  1. feminine of dinnen
  2. neuter of dinnen
  3. plural of dinnen

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “dinnen”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

Noun

dienen

  1. definite singular of dien