Service

See also: service and sèrvice

English

Proper noun

Service

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri, United States.

Derived terms

• Serviceton

Anagrams

• cerevis, scrieve

German

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English service.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsœɐ̯vɪs/, (less commonly) /ˈzœɐ̯vɪs/

Noun

Service m (strong, genitive Service, plural Services) or
Service (alternatively in Austria) n (strong, genitive Services, plural Services)

1. service (e.g. in a restaurant)

   Synonym: Bedienung

   Der Service hier ist sehr gut. ― The service is very good here.

2. (tennis) service

   Hypernym: Aufschlag

Declension

Declension of Service [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Service	die	Services
genitive	eines	des	Service	der	Services
dative	einem	dem	Service	den	Services
accusative	einen	den	Service	die	Services

Derived terms

• Kundenservice
• Reparaturservice
• Zimmerservice

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French service.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛʁˈviːs/, /zɛɐ̯ˈviːs/ (singular)
• IPA^(key): /zɛʁˈviːsə/, /zɛɐ̯ˈviːsə/ (plural)

Noun

Service n (strong, genitive Services, plural Service)

1. (dishes) service, set

   Dieses Service ist noch von meiner Mutter.

   This service belonged to my mother.

Declension

Declension of Service [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Service	die	Service
genitive	eines	des	Services	der	Service
dative	einem	dem	Service	den	Servicen
accusative	ein	das	Service	die	Service

Derived terms

• Kaffeeservice
• Teeservice

Further reading

• “Service”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Service” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon