bende

Meaning

1. (feminine) gang, squad
2. (feminine) mess as in: a disagreeable mixture of a large quantity of objects in disorder resulting from people misbehaving or animals stampeding.

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ben‧de

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɛn.də/

From Middle Dutch bende, from Old French bende, from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Cognate to English band.