Kommende

German

Alternative forms

• Commende (obsolete)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin commenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔˈmɛndə]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Kom‧men‧de

Noun

Kommende f (genitive Kommende, plural Kommenden)

1. an ecclesiastical benefice transferred in trust to the custody of a patron
2. (historical) commandery (the basic administrative division of an order of knighthood, led by a knight commander called Komtur)

   Synonym: Komturei

Declension

Declension of Kommende [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kommende	die	Kommenden
genitive	einer	der	Kommende	der	Kommenden
dative	einer	der	Kommende	den	Kommenden
accusative	eine	die	Kommende	die	Kommenden

Hyponyms

• Landkommende
• Deutschordenskommende
• Priesterkommende

See also

• Allmende
• Gemeinde
• Kommune

Further reading

• “Kommende” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kommende” in Duden online