Gesinde

German

Etymology

From Old High German gasindi, gisindi, gisindo, a neuter collective to the masculine gasint (archaic modern German Gesind m) "wayfellow, fellow traveller; follower". Middle High German gesinde.

Cognate with Old English gesîðð, gesiþ and Old Saxon gisîði, from a Proto-Germanic *ga-senþ-ja-, from the root *senþ-, sinþ- "to go, travel; seek, aim", Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). More at siþ, *sandijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡəˈzɪndə]

Noun

Gesinde n (genitive Gesindes, plural Gesinde)

1. (archaic) hands, farmhands, (domestic) servants, domestics, the menial staff

Derived terms

• Deputatgesinde
• Gesindedienst
• Gesindehaus
• Gesindel
• Gesindeordnung
• Gesindestube
• Hausgesinde
• Hofgesinde