menden

See also: Menden and məndən

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛndən

Verb

menden

inflection of mennen:
1. plural past indicative
2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

menend, nemend

Galician

Verb

menden

inflection of mendar:
1. third-person plural present subjunctive
2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Etymology

A aphetic form of amenden (“to alter, change (especially for the better); to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure; to excel, surpass; to forgive; to get or make better, improve; to make ready; to mend, repair, restore; to get well, recover; to relieve”),^[1]^[2] or from its etymon Anglo-Norman amender and Old French amender (“to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct”) (modern French amender),^[3] from Latin ēmendāre, the present active infinitive of ēmendō (“to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + mendum (“defect; error, fault”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“defect; fault”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).

Verb

menden

cure
do good to, benefit
do or make better, improve
get better, recover
keep in a good state
put right, amend
reform, repent

Descendants

English: mend

References

^ “mē̆nden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
^ “amē̆nden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
^ “menden, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2024; “menden, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mandijaną.

Verb

menden

to rejoice, to cheer

Inflection

Conjugation of menden (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	menden
1st person singular	mendo, mendon	mendida
2nd person singular	mendis, mendist	mendidos
3rd person singular	mendit	mendida
1st person plural	menden	mendidun
2nd person plural	mendit	mendidut
3rd person plural	mendent	mendidun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	mende	mendidi
2nd person singular	mendes, mendest	mendidis
3rd person singular	mende	mendidi
1st person plural	menden	mendidin
2nd person plural	mendet	mendidit
3rd person plural	menden	mendidin
imperative	present
singular	mendi
plural	mendit
participle	present	past
	mendendi	mendit, gimendit

Zazaki

Verb

menden

reach a standstill
to wait, stay

[1] “mē̆nden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

[2] “amē̆nden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

[3] “menden, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2024; “menden, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]

menden

Contents

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

Middle English

Etymology

Verb

Descendants

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

Verb

Inflection

Further reading

Zazaki

Verb

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.