beeds
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German beide + -s. The latter is probably an adverbial ending (cf. the postpositioned use, which is similar to an adverb).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
beeds pl (attributive beedse)
- both
- Se hann sich beeds e Been jebroche.
- They both broke a leg.
- Hä hät sich beedse Been jebroche.
- He broke both his legs.
Usage notes edit
- The nominal form is only used postpositioned (example 1). It is often intensified to allebeeds.
- The attributive form cannot take an article or determiner before it (as in English, but unlike Standard German). The German form beide or the hybrid beede are also heard for it, but this is a recent corruption.