bedienen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bedienen. Equivalent to be- +‎ dienen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdinə(n)/

• audio:

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• 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 Template:+preo, to utilise Template:+preo

Inflection

Conjugation of bedienen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	bedienen
past singular	bediende
past participle	bediend
infinitive	bedienen
gerund	bedienen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	bedien	bediende
2nd person sing. (jij)	bedient, bedien2	bediende
2nd person sing. (u)	bedient	bediende
2nd person sing. (gij)	bedient	bediende
3rd person singular	bedient	bediende
plural	bedienen	bedienden
subjunctive sing.1	bediene	bediende
subjunctive plur.1	bedienen	bedienden
imperative sing.	bedien
imperative plur.1	bedient
participles	bedienend	bediend
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• bedienaar
• bediende
• bediener
• bediening

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bedien

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German

Etymology

From be- +‎ dienen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəˈdiːnən]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

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 use

Derived terms

• Bedienen
• Bediener
• Bedienung
• bedienend
• bedient

Further reading

• “bedienen” in Duden online

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From be- +‎ dienen.

Verb

bedienen

1. to serve, to be useful

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: bedienen
• Limburgish: bedene

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bedienen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN