Synonyms: act, attend
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /sɜːv/ |
| Hyphenation | serve |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑻𐑝 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐑅𐐲𐑉𐑂 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) serve | (I) served |
| (thou) servest | (thou) servedst |
| (he) serves, serveth | (he) served |
| (we) serve | (we) served |
| (you) serve | (you) served |
| (they) serve | (they) served |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) serve | (I) served |
| (thou) serve | (thou) served |
| (he) serve | (he) served |
| (we) serve | (we) served |
| (you) serve | (you) served |
| (they) serve | (they) served |
| Imperative mood | |
| serve | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| serving | served |
| Afrikaans | dien; diens doen |
|---|---|
| Catalan | servir |
| Czech | posloužit; sloužit |
| Danish | tjene |
| Dutch | dienen; bedienen; helpen; van dienst zijn |
| Esperanto | servi |
| Faeroese | tæna |
| Finnish | palvella |
| French | servir |
| German | dienen; bedienen |
| Italian | servire |
| Latin | servire |
| Papiamento | sirbi |
| Polish | służyć |
| Portuguese | ajudar; servir |
| Romanian | servi |
| Saterland Frisian | tjoonje; betjoonje |
| Scots | ser |
| Spanish | servir |
| Sranan | dini |
| West Frisian | tsjinje; helpe |