bediende

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bediende, from German Bedienter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdin.də/

Noun

bediende (plural bediendes)

1. servant, low-ranking employee

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdin.də/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: be‧dien‧de
• Rhymes: -ində

Etymology 1

Inflected form of bediend, calque of German Bedienter.

Noun

bediende m or f (plural bedienden or bediendes, diminutive bediendetje n)

1. servant, low-ranking employee (any gender)

   Synonyms: bode, dienaar, dienstbode, knecht

2. (obsolete) employee

   Synonym: werknemer

Usage notes

The plural bediendes is only used to indicate multiple female servants. Use the word bedienden for a group of male servants or for a group of mixed gender.

Derived terms

• kantoorbediende
• tafelbediende

Related terms

• bedienen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bediende
• Negerhollands: bedienten
• → Caribbean Javanese: bedinde, bedhindhe
• → Indonesian: bedinde

Noun

bediende f (plural bediendes, diminutive bediendetje n)

1. (Suriname) maid

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bediende

1. inflection of bedienen:
   1. singular past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

Anagrams

• biedende