Bande

See also: bande, bandé, bände, Bände, and ban-dè

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbandə/

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Etymology 1

From French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), of Germanic origin.

Noun

Bande f (genitive Bande, plural Banden)

1. gang (group of people united for some immoral or criminal objective)

   Synonyms: Gang, Horde, Rotte

2. (archaic) group, squad, band

   Synonyms: Gruppe, Truppe

Declension

Declension of Bande [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bande	die	Banden
genitive	einer	der	Bande	der	Banden
dative	einer	der	Bande	den	Banden
accusative	eine	die	Bande	die	Banden

Etymology 2

From French bande, from Frankish *binda (“join, link”).

Noun

Bande f (genitive Bande, plural Banden)

1. (sports, games) elevated boundary of a playing field; boards

Declension

Declension of Bande [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bande	die	Banden
genitive	einer	der	Bande	der	Banden
dative	einer	der	Bande	den	Banden
accusative	eine	die	Bande	die	Banden

Etymology 3

Noun

Bande

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Band

Further reading

• “Bande” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache