Gesinde

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gesinde, from Old High German gasindi, gisindi, gisindo, from Proto-Germanic *gasinþiją, from the root *senþ-, sinþ- "to go, travel; seek, aim", from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). More at sīþ, *sandijaną. A neuter collective to the masculine gasint (archaic modern German Gesind (“wayfellow, fellow traveller; follower”)). Cognate with Old English ġesīþ, Old Saxon gisîthi, Dutch gezin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈzɪndə/ === Noun === Gesinde n (strong, genitive Gesindes, plural Gesinde) (archaic) hands, farmhands, (domestic) servants, domestics, the menial staff ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Gesinde” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Gesinde” in Duden online