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Danish
Etymology 1
From German Kunde, from Old High German cundo (“customer”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunþō, derived from Proto-Germanic *kunþaz (“known”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kunde c (singular definite kunden, plural indefinite kunder)
- customer
- shopper, client, patron
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
kunde
- Obsolete spelling of kunne
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch conde, cunde, from Old Dutch *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kundīn.
Pronunciation
Noun
kunde f (plural kundes)
- skill, competency
Derived terms
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
From German Kunde.
Noun
kunde (genitive kunde, partitive kundet)
- customer
- Synonym: klient
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “kunde”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Kunde.
Noun
kunde m (definite singular kunden, indefinite plural kunder, definite plural kundene)
- a customer
- kunden har alltid rett - the customer is always right
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From German Kunde.
Noun
kunde m (definite singular kunden, indefinite plural kundar, definite plural kundane)
- a customer
Etymology 2
Verb
kunde
- (non-standard since 1938) past tense of kunna
References
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́ndè.
Pronunciation
Noun
kunde (n class, plural kunde)
- cowpea
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
kunde
- past indicative of kunna
Anagrams
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
kunde c (plural kunden)
- knowledge, acquaintance
- understanding
- acquaintance, person who one knows
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kunde”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011