Polyglot Dictionary

Bande

/ˈbandə/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Banden

Meaning

  1. gang, group

    Often used loosely for any group of friends: "eine Bande von Freunden" (a bunch of friends), not necessarily criminal.

    • Sie waren eine Bande von vier Freunden.

      They were a group of four friends.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Collective

Similar words

Besatzung

Close — both describe a group of people banded together, though Besatzung also specifically means a crew or occupying force.

Similar in other languages

English

crew

Close — a gang, group relates to a crew.

Practice

1 What does Bande mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie waren eine ___ von vier Freunden.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bande?

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