From Middle Dutch bedingen. Equivalent to be- + dingen.
bedingen
Conjugation of bedingen (strong class 3a, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | bedingen | |||
past singular | bedong | |||
past participle | bedongen | |||
infinitive | bedingen | |||
gerund | bedingen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | beding | bedong | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | bedingt, beding2 | bedong | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | bedingt | bedong | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | bedingt | bedongt | ||
3rd person singular | bedingt | bedong | ||
plural | bedingen | bedongen | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | bedinge | bedonge | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bedingen | bedongen | ||
imperative sing. | beding | |||
imperative plur.1 | bedingt | |||
participles | bedingend | bedongen | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
From Middle High German bedingen (“to hire (especially for a crime)”), synchronically be- + dingen. The modern senses are influenced by and almost a back-formation from Bedingung (“condition”).
bedingen (weak, third-person singular present bedingt, past tense bedingte, past participle bedingt, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | bedingen | ||||
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present participle | bedingend | ||||
past participle | bedingt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bedinge | wir bedingen | i | ich bedinge | wir bedingen |
du bedingst | ihr bedingt | du bedingest | ihr bedinget | ||
er bedingt | sie bedingen | er bedinge | sie bedingen | ||
preterite | ich bedingte | wir bedingten | ii | ich bedingte1 | wir bedingten1 |
du bedingtest | ihr bedingtet | du bedingtest1 | ihr bedingtet1 | ||
er bedingte | sie bedingten | er bedingte1 | sie bedingten1 | ||
imperative | beding (du) bedinge (du) |
bedingt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.