From German bilden, derived from the noun Bild.
bilde (past tense bildte, past participle bildt)
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bilde
From Middle Low German bilde or Middle Dutch bilde (“drawing, image, example”), cf. German Bild.
bilde f (5th declension)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | bilde | bildes |
genitive | bildes | bilžu |
dative | bildei | bildēm |
accusative | bildi | bildes |
instrumental | bildi | bildēm |
locative | bildē | bildēs |
vocative | bilde | bildes |
bilde
From Old Norse bilæti, from Middle Low German bilede, bilde, belede, belde, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī, from *biliþu (“equalness, likeness”) + (*ī (“-ness, -th”), from Proto-Germanic *-į̄ (“-th”), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-h₂, from *-h₂), from *bil (“equal, alike”) + *-iþu (“-ness”), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂, *-teh₂, from Proto-Germanic *bilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰi-ló-s, from *bʰey- (“bee”).
bilde n (definite singular bildet, indefinite plural bilder, definite plural bilda or bildene)
bilde n (definite singular bildet, indefinite plural bilde, definite plural bilda)