From Middle High German bilden, bileden, a merger from Old High German biliden, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþijan, and Old High German bilidōn, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþōn, both derived from *biliþī (whence German Bild). By surface analysis, Bild + -en. Cognate with Dutch beelden and Swedish bilda.
bilden (weak, third-person singular present bildet, past tense bildete, past participle gebildet, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | bilden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | bildend | ||||
| past participle | gebildet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich bilde | wir bilden | i | ich bilde | wir bilden |
| du bildest | ihr bildet | du bildest | ihr bildet | ||
| er bildet | sie bilden | er bilde | sie bilden | ||
| preterite | ich bildete | wir bildeten | ii | ich bildete1 | wir bildeten1 |
| du bildetest | ihr bildetet | du bildetest1 | ihr bildetet1 | ||
| er bildete | sie bildeten | er bildete1 | sie bildeten1 | ||
| imperative | bild (du) bilde (du) |
bildet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Middle High German bilden, from Old High German bilidōn.
bilden (third-person singular present bilt, past participle gebilt, auxiliary verb hunn)
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bilden | |
| participle | gebilt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | bilden | — |
| 2nd singular | bilts | bilt |
| 3rd singular | bilt | — |
| 1st plural | bilden | — |
| 2nd plural | bilt | bilt |
| 3rd plural | bilden | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
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