bende

See also: Bende

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bende, from Old French bende, from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Cognate to English band.

Noun

bende f (plural bendes or benden, diminutive bendetje n)

  1. gang, squad
  2. mess as in: a disagreeable mixture of a large quantity of objects in disorder resulting from people misbehaving or animals stampeding.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From bent gij, by analogy of other -de verb contractions. The personal agreement is ungrammatical in standard Dutch, and is based on contamination with ben jij.

Contraction

bende

  1. (Brabantian) Contraction of bent gij.
Usage notes

The contraction is sometimes reinforced with an additional gij, giving bende gij.

Italian

Noun

bende f

  1. plural of benda
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