bieten
From Middle High German bieten, from Old High German biotan, from Proto-West Germanic *beudan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”).
Compare Low German beden, Dutch bieden, English bid, bede, Danish byde, Swedish bjuda.
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bieten (class 2 strong, third-person singular present bietet, past tense bot, past participle geboten, past subjunctive böte, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | bieten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | bietend | ||||
| past participle | geboten | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich biete | wir bieten | i | ich biete | wir bieten |
| du bietest | ihr bietet | du bietest | ihr bietet | ||
| er bietet | sie bieten | er biete | sie bieten | ||
| preterite | ich bot | wir boten | ii | ich böte1 | wir böten1 |
| du botest du botst |
ihr botet | du bötest1 | ihr bötet1 | ||
| er bot | sie boten | er böte1 | sie böten1 | ||
| imperative | biet (du) biete (du) |
bietet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Middle Low German bîten, from Old Saxon bītan.
Compare Dutch bijten, West Frisian bite, German beißen, English bite, Danish bide, Swedish bita.
bieten (third-person singular simple present bitt, past tense beet, past participle beten, auxiliary verb hebben)
| infinitive | bieten | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | biet | beet |
| 2nd person singular | bittst | beetst |
| 3rd person singular | bitt | beet |
| plural | biet | beten |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | biet | |
| plural | biet | |
| participle | present | past |
| bieten | beten | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||