menden

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See also: Menden and məndən

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛndən

Verb

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menden

  1. inflection of mennen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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menden

  1. inflection of mendar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

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Etymology

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    A aphetic form of amenden (“to alter, change (especially for the better); to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure; to excel, surpass; to forgive; to get or make better, improve; to make ready; to mend, repair, restore; to get well, recover; to relieve”),[1][2] or from its etymon Anglo-Norman amender and Old French amender (“to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct”) (modern French amender),[3] from Latin ēmendāre, the present active infinitive of ēmendō (“to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + mendum (“defect; error, fault”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“defect; fault”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).

    Verb

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    menden

    1. cure
    2. do good to, benefit
    3. do or make better, improve
    4. get better, recover
    5. keep in a good state
    6. put right, amend
    7. reform, repent

    Descendants

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    • English: mend

    References

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    1. ^ “mē̆nden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
    2. ^ “amē̆nden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
    3. ^ “menden, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2024; “menden, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

    Old Dutch

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *mandijaną.

    Verb

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    menden

    1. to rejoice, to cheer

    Inflection

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    Conjugation of menden (weak class 1)
    infinitive menden
    indicative present past
    1st person singular mendo, mendon mendida
    2nd person singular mendis, mendist mendidos
    3rd person singular mendit mendida
    1st person plural menden mendidun
    2nd person plural mendit mendidut
    3rd person plural mendent mendidun
    subjunctive present past
    1st person singular mende mendidi
    2nd person singular mendes, mendest mendidis
    3rd person singular mende mendidi
    1st person plural menden mendidin
    2nd person plural mendet mendidit
    3rd person plural menden mendidin
    imperative present
    singular mendi
    plural mendit
    participle present past
    mendendi mendit, gimendit

    Further reading

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    • “menden”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

    Zazaki

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    Verb

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    menden

    1. reach a standstill
    2. to wait, stay
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