bedienen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bedienen. Equivalent to be- + dienen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈdinə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧die‧nen
- Rhymes: -inən
Verb
bedienen
- (transitive) to be of assistance to, to serve
- (transitive) to serve (at a restaurant)
- (transitive) to operate (a device)
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism) to administer the last sacraments to
- (reflexive, with prepositional object) to make use [+ van (of)], to utilise [+ van (object)]
Inflection
Conjugation of bedienen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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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 | 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. |
Descendants
- Afrikaans: bedien
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bəˈdiːnən]
Audio (file)
Verb
bedienen (weak, third-person singular present bedient, past tense bediente, past participle bedient, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to serve
- (transitive) to operate
- (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.
- (reflexive, + genitive) to help oneself (to); to make use of
Conjugation
infinitive | bedienen | ||||
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present participle | bedienend | ||||
past participle | bedient | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bediene | wir bedienen | i | ich bediene | wir bedienen |
du bedienst | ihr bedient | du bedienest | ihr bedienet | ||
er bedient | sie bedienen | er bediene | sie bedienen | ||
preterite | ich bediente | wir bedienten | ii | ich bediente1 | wir bedienten1 |
du bedientest | ihr bedientet | du bedientest1 | ihr bedientet1 | ||
er bediente | sie bedienten | er bediente1 | sie bedienten1 | ||
imperative | bedien (du) bediene (du) |
bedient (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
Middle Dutch
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bedienen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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