Kommende
German, noun
Kommende is spelled K-O-M-M-E-N-D-E (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kommende is a German feminine noun meaning “an ecclesiastical benefice transferred in trust to the custody of a patron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, kommende is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine ohne Amtsverpflichtung übertragene kirchliche Pfründe”.
What does Kommende mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininean ecclesiastical benefice transferred in trust to the custody of a patron
- 2
femininecommandery (the basic administrative division of an order of knighthood, led by a knight commander called Komtur)
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine ohne Amtsverpflichtung übertragene kirchliche Pfründe 2. ein Verwaltungsbezirk des Deutschritter- oder des Johanniterordens
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kommende
- Kommenden plural
- Commende alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Kommende
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kommende in German?
Kommende appears 14 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).