beden

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdɛn/

Noun

1. genitive plural of bedna: crates, boxes

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Danish

Noun

beden n

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of bede

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

beden

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of bede

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Low German

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle Low German bêden, from Old Saxon biodan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”). Compare Dutch bieden, German bieten, English bid, bede, Danish byde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɪ̯dⁿn̩]

Verb

beden (third-person singular simple present büddt, past tense bood, past participle baden, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to offer
2. to provide

Conjugation

Conjugation of beden (class 2 strong verb)

infinitive	beden
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	beed	bood
2nd person singular	büdds(t)	boods(t)
3rd person singular	büdd(t)	bood
plural	beedt, beeden	boden
imperative	present	—
singular	beed
plural	beedt
participle	present	past
	beden	(e)baden, gebaden
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *gabedą or Proto-Germanic *bidjaną. Compare Plautdietsch bäden, German beten.

Alternative forms

• bäden
• biäden

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːdⁿn̩]
• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛːdⁿn̩]
• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɛ̯dⁿn̩] 'Westphalian; also ⟨biäden⟩'
• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɪ̯dⁿn̩] in accents that merged /ɛɪ̯ : eː/

Verb

1. to pray

Conjugation

• weak verb

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English bēodan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwdʰeti.

Verb

beden (third-person singular simple present bedeth, present participle bedende, bedynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bede, past participle boden)

1. To offer, present
2. To proclaim
3. To command (sense borrowed from bidden)

Conjugation

Conjugation of beden (strong class 2)

infinitive	(to) beden
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	bede	bede, bead
2nd person singular	bedest	bude, bede(st)
3rd person singular	bedeþ, bedeth	bede, bead
plural	beden	bude(n), bode(n), bede(n)
subjunctive	present	past
singular	bede	*bude, *bode
plural	beden	bude(n), bode(n), bede(n)
imperative	present
singular	bede
plural	bedeþ, bedeth
participle	present	past
	bedende, bedinge	(y)boden

Descendants

• English: bid, bede
• Scots: bede

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Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon biodan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną.

Pronunciation

• Stem vowel: ê⁴
  • IPA^(key): /beːðən/

Verb

bêden

1. to offer

Declension

Conjugation of beden as a class 2a strong verb

Plain Infinitive	bêden
Full Infinitive (Gerund)	tô bêdene or tô bêdende
Verbal Noun	bêden or bêdent
Participles			Imperatives
Present	bêdende		2nd Person Singular	bêt
Past	gebōden or gebāden		2nd Person Plural	bêdet
	Indicative		Subjunctive
	Present	Preterite	Present	Preterite
1st Person Singular	bêde	bôt	bêde	bȫde
2nd Person Singular	bü̂dest or bü̂̂tst	bōdest or bȫdest	bêdest	bȫdest
3rd Person Singular	bü̂det or bü̂̂t	bôt	bêdet	bȫde
Plural	bêden (bêdet?)	bōden or bȫden	bêden	bȫden

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Slovene

Etymology

beda +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bèːdən/

Adjective

bẹ́dən (comparative bẹ́dnejši, superlative nȁjbẹ́dnejši)

1. miserable

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	béden	bédna	bédno
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	béden ind bédni def	bédna	bédno
genitive	bédnega	bédne	bédnega
dative	bédnemu	bédni	bédnemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	bédno	bédno
locative	bédnem	bédni	bédnem
instrumental	bédnim	bédno	bédnim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bédna	bédni	bédni
genitive	bédnih	bédnih	bédnih
dative	bédnima	bédnima	bédnima
accusative	bédna	bédni	bédni
locative	bédnih	bédnih	bédnih
instrumental	bédnima	bédnima	bédnima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bédni	bédne	bédna
genitive	bédnih	bédnih	bédnih
dative	bédnim	bédnim	bédnim
accusative	bédne	bédne	bédna
locative	bédnih	bédnih	bédnih
instrumental	bédnimi	bédnimi	bédnimi

Further reading

• “beden”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَن (badan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈdæn/

• Audio:

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Noun

beden (definite accusative bedeni, plural bedenler)

1. body

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	beden
Definite accusative	bedeni
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beden	bedenler
Definite accusative	bedeni	bedenleri
Dative	bedene	bedenlere
Locative	bedende	bedenlerde
Ablative	bedenden	bedenlerden
Genitive	bedenin	bedenlerin