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Noun

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bieten

  1. plural of biet

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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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Verb

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bieten (class 2 strong, third-person singular present bietet, past tense bot, past participle geboten, past subjunctive böte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to offer; to present
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to bid; to offer to pay a certain price
  3. (reflexive, of an opportunity) to arise; to occur

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  • In early modern German, the 2nd and 3rd persons singular present and the imperative singular were alternatively du beutst, er beut, beut!

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Further reading

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  • bieten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bieten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bieten” in Duden online
  • bieten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German bîten, from Old Saxon bītan.

Compare Dutch bijten, West Frisian bite, German beißen, English bite, Danish bide, Swedish bita.

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Verb

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bieten (third-person singular simple present bitt, past tense beet, past participle beten, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to bite

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