bieden

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bieden, from Old Dutch biedan, from Proto-West Germanic *beudan (to offer), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (to offer), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (be awake, aware).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbidə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bie‧den
  • Rhymes: -idən

Verb

bieden

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to make an offer, to bid

Inflection

Inflection of bieden (strong class 2a)
infinitive bieden
past singular bood
past participle geboden
infinitive bieden
gerund bieden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bied bood
2nd person sing. (jij) biedt bood
2nd person sing. (u) biedt bood
2nd person sing. (gij) biedt boodt
3rd person singular biedt bood
plural bieden boden
subjunctive sing.1 biede bode
subjunctive plur.1 bieden boden
imperative sing. bied
imperative plur.1 biedt
participles biedend geboden
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bied
  • Papiamentu: bit, bider, bieder

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bedōn, northern variant of betōn. Cognate with German beten (to pray). All Central Franconian dialects have lost the verb at hand in German bitten and replaced it with the former (compare Ripuarian bedde).

Pronunciation

Verb

bieden (third-person singular present biet, past participle gebiet, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to ask, to beg, to plead
  2. (intransitive) to pray

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive bieden
participle gebiet
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular bieden
2nd singular biets biet
3rd singular biet
1st plural bieden
2nd plural biet biet
3rd plural bieden
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch biedan.

Verb

bieden

  1. to offer, to present
  2. to promise
  3. to point, to direct (towards someone)
  4. to notify

Inflection

Strong class 2
Infinitive bieden
3rd sg. past bôot
3rd pl. past bōden
Past participle gebōden
Infinitive bieden
In genitive biedens
In dative biedene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular biede bôot
2nd singular biets, biedes bōots, bōdes
3rd singular biet, biedet bôot
1st plural bieden bōden
2nd plural biet, biedet bōot, bōdet
3rd plural bieden bōden
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular biede bōde
2nd singular biets, biedes bōdes
3rd singular biede bōde
1st plural bieden bōden
2nd plural biet, biedet bōdet
3rd plural bieden bōden
Imperative Present
Singular biet, biede
Plural biet, biedet
Present Past
Participle biedende gebōden

Derived terms

Descendants

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