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)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧die‧nen
  • Rhymes: -inən

Verb

bedienen

  1. (transitive) to be of assistance to, to serve
  2. (transitive) to serve (at a restaurant)
  3. (transitive) to operate (a device)
  4. (transitive, Roman Catholicism) to administer the last sacraments to
  5. (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)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bedien

German

Etymology

From be- + dienen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəˈdiːnən]
  • (file)

Verb

bedienen (weak, third-person singular present bedient, past tense bediente, past participle bedient, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to serve
  2. (transitive) to operate
  3. (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.
  4. (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)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From be- + dienen.

Verb

bedienen

  1. to serve, to be useful

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Limburgish: bedene

Further reading

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