bedienen
Dutch
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Equivalent to be- + dienen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈdinə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧die‧nen
- Rhymes: -inən
Verb
bedienen
- (transitive) to be of assistance to, to serve
- (transitive) to serve (at a restaurant)
- (transitive) to operate (a device)
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism) to administer the last sacraments to
- (reflexive, with prepositional object) to make use [+ van (of)], to utilise [+ van (object)]
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- Afrikaans: bedien
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bəˈdiːnən]
Audio (file)
Verb
bedienen (weak, third-person singular present bedient, past tense bediente, past participle bedient, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to serve
- (transitive) to operate
- (transitive or intransitive, card games) to play a card according to the grouping of the first card of a trick; to follow suit
- Du musst Trumpf bedienen.
- You must follow suit and play trump.
- (reflexive, + genitive) to help oneself (to); to make use of
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
Middle Dutch
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bedienen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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