🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Kundenservice

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈkʊndn̩ˌzɛʁvɪsə

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Customer service/ˈkʌs.tə.mər ˈsɜːr.vɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Kundenservice war sehr hilfsbereit."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The assistance and advice provided by a company to those who buy or use its products or services.

    "The customer-service team was very helpful in resolving my issue."
  2. 2

    A department in a business that deals with customer inquiries and complaints.

    "She works in the customer-service department, handling client feedback."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the Middle English 'customer' (derived from 'custom', meaning a habit or regular toll/tax, from Latin 'consuetudo') with the noun 'service' (from Old French 'service', from Latin 'servitium', meaning slavery or servitude, later evolving to mean duty or help). Together, the compound emerged in the 20th century within commercial contexts to formally designate the assistance and advice provided by a company to those who buy or use its products.

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