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dienen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch dienen, from Old Dutch thienon, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdinə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: die‧nen
  • Rhymes: -inən

Verb

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dienen

  1. (transitive) to serve
  2. (auxiliary, with te) to ought to, to be to, be expected to
    Melk dient gekoeld bewaard te blijven.
    Milk is to be kept cooled.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of dienen (weak)
infinitive dienen
past singular diende
past participle gediend
infinitive dienen
gerund dienen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dien diende
2nd person sing. (jij) dient, dien2 diende
2nd person sing. (u) dient diende
2nd person sing. (gij) dient diende
3rd person singular dient diende
plural dienen dienden
subjunctive sing.1 diene diende
subjunctive plur.1 dienen dienden
imperative sing. dien
imperative plur.1 dient
participles dienend gediend
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: dien
  • Negerhollands: dien
  • Saramaccan: díni
  • Sranan Tongo: dini

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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From Old High German dionōn, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dienen (weak, third-person singular present dient, past tense diente, past participle gedient, auxiliary haben) (intransitive)

  1. to serve [with bei (+ dative) ‘in public office or the military’]
  2. to serve, to be a servant (e.g. a butler or maid) [with dative ‘for someone’]
  3. to serve [with dative ‘a cause, a purpose’]
  4. to assist, to be of assistance
  5. to serve (as), to double (as), to act as a replacement (for) [with als (+ usually nominative) ‘something (a replacement)’]
    Diese Kirche diente während der Invasion als Krankenhaus.
    This church served as a hospital during the invasion.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dienen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dienen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dienen” in Duden online
  • dienen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch thienon, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną.

Verb

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dienen

  1. to serve, to obey
  2. to be in service of
  3. to serve (food)
  4. to help, to take care of
  5. to provide with

Inflection

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Weak
Infinitive dienen
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive dienen
In genitive dienens
In dative dienene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular diene
2nd singular diens, dienes
3rd singular dient, dienet
1st plural dienen
2nd plural dient, dienet
3rd plural dienen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular diene
2nd singular diens, dienes
3rd singular diene
1st plural dienen
2nd plural dient, dienet
3rd plural dienen
Imperative Present
Singular dien, diene
Plural dient, dienet
Present Past
Participle dienende

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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dienen

  1. feminine of dinnen
  2. neuter of dinnen
  3. plural of dinnen

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “dinnen”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

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Noun

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dienen

  1. definite singular of dien