bieten
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -itən
Noun edit
bieten
German edit
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Etymology edit
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 edit
bieten (class 2 strong, third-person singular present bietet, past tense bot, past participle geboten, past subjunctive böte, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to offer; to present
- (transitive or intransitive) to bid; to offer to pay a certain price
- (reflexive, of an opportunity) to arise; to occur
Conjugation edit
infinitive | bieten | ||||
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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.
- 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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Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German bîten, from Old Saxon bītan.
Compare Dutch bijten, West Frisian bite, German beißen, English bite, Danish bide, Swedish bita.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bieten (third-person singular simple present bitt, past tense beet, past participle beten, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to bite
Conjugation edit
infinitive | bieten | |
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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. |
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