kunde

See also: Kunde and -kunde

Danish

Etymology 1

From German Kunde, from Old High German cundo (“customer”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunþō, derived from Proto-Germanic *kunþaz (“known”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konə/, [ˈkʰɔnə]

Noun

kunde c (singular definite kunden, plural indefinite kunder)

1. customer
2. shopper, client, patron

Declension

Declension of kunde

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kunde	kunden	kunder	kunderne
genitive	kundes	kundens	kunders	kundernes

Derived terms

• kundepleje
• kundestrøm
• kundetilfredshed

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kunde

1. Obsolete spelling of kunne

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch conde, cunde, from Old Dutch *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kundīn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏn.də/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ʏndə

Noun

kunde f (plural kundes)

1. skill, competency

Derived terms

• -kunde
• kundig
• kundige

Anagrams

• dunke

Estonian

Etymology

From German Kunde.

Noun

kunde (genitive kunde, partitive kundet)

1. customer

   Synonym: klient

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “kunde”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Kunde.

Noun

kunde m (definite singular kunden, indefinite plural kunder, definite plural kundene)

1. a customer

   kunden har alltid rett - the customer is always right

Derived terms

• kundetilfredshet

References

• “kunde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From German Kunde.

Noun

kunde m (definite singular kunden, indefinite plural kundar, definite plural kundane)

1. a customer

Etymology 2

Verb

kunde

1. (non-standard since 1938) past tense of kunna

References

• “kunde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́ndè.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

kunde (n class, plural kunde)

1. cowpea

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɵnˌdə/, [kʰɵndə]

Verb

kunde

1. past indicative of kunna

Anagrams

• duken

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kunde c (plural kunden)

1. knowledge, acquaintance
2. understanding
3. acquaintance, person who one knows

Derived terms

• kreamkunde
• stjerrekunde

Further reading

• “kunde”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011