bende

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛn.də/

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• Hyphenation: ben‧de
• Rhymes: -ɛndə

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.

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.

• beestenbende
• bendeoorlog
• gideonsbende

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.

bende

1. (Brabant) Contraction of bent gij.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛn.de/, /ˈben.de/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛnde, -ende
• Hyphenation: bèn‧de, bén‧de

bende f

1. plural of benda

• Deneb

• vendê (Barlavento)
• bendi (Santiago)

From Portuguese vender.

bende

1. (Sotavento) sell

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

From Portuguese vender and Spanish vender and Kabuverdianu bendi.

bende

1. to sell

From Persian بنده‎ (bande).

• IPA^(key): /bɛnˈde/
• Hyphenation: ben‧de

bende

1. (obsolete, poetic) servant, slave

   Synonyms: kul, köle

bende

1. locative of ben

• Very often ben de ("me too") is misspelled as bende.