Gesinde
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gesinde, from Old High German gasindi, gisindi, gisindo, from Proto-Germanic *gasinþiją, from the root *senþ-, sinþ- "to go, travel; seek, aim", from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). More at sīþ, *sandijaną. A neuter collective to the masculine gasint (archaic modern German Gesind (“wayfellow, fellow traveller; follower”)).
Cognate with Old English ġesīþ, Old Saxon gisîthi, Dutch gezin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gesinde n (strong, genitive Gesindes, plural Gesinde)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Gesinde [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Further reading
[edit]- “Gesinde” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Gesinde” in Duden online
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