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die Kunde

noun · /ˈkʊndə/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German kunde, from Old High German cundo, from Proto-West Germanic *kunþō. Cognate with Old English cūþa and Middle Dutch konde (“acquaintance, friend”).

Translation

  1. customer, patron, client masculine, weak

    Der Kunde ist König.

    The customer is king.

  2. guy, bloke, dude, (most often derogatory) a strange or unpleasant one colloquial, masculine, often, weak

    Du bist so ein komischer Kunde!

    You're such a strange guy / such a weirdo!

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Kunde Kunden
Accusative Kunden Kunden
Dative Kunden Kunden
Genitive Kunden Kunden

Kunde

noun · /ˈkʊndə/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German kunde, künde, from Old High German *kundī (attested in compounds). Abstract noun of the verb künden (“to tell, announce, declare”). The noun had all but died out in High German by the 16th century, but was then revived after Middle Low German kunde. Further cognate with Dutch kunde (also konde).

Translation

  1. tidings, news feminine
  2. see -kunde feminine, in-compounds

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Kunde Kunden
Accusative Kunde Kunden
Dative Kunde Kunden
Genitive Kunde Kunden