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biden

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Japanese

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Romanization

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biden

  1. Rōmaji transcription of びでん

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch bīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan. Cognate with English bide.

Verb

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biden

  1. to wait [with accusative or genitive ‘for’]

Inflection

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Conjugation of biden (strong class 1)
infinitive base form biden
genitive bidens
dative bidene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bide bêet bide bēde
2nd person singular bijts, bides bēets, bēdes bijts, bides bēdes
3rd person singular bijt, bidet bêet bide bēde
1st person plural biden bēden biden bēden
2nd person plural bijt, bidet bēet, bēdet bijt, bidet bēdet
3rd person plural biden bēden biden bēden
imperative
singular bijt, bide
plural bijt, bidet
present past
participle bidende gebēden

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: beiden (obsolete)

Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English bīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan, from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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biden

  1. to stay, wait, remain

Conjugation

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Conjugation of biden (strong class 1)
infinitive (to) biden, bide
present tense past tense
1st-person singular bide bod
2nd-person singular bidest bide1, bode1
3rd-person singular bideth bod
subjunctive singular bide bide2, bode2
imperative singular
plural3 biden, bide biden, bide, boden, bode
imperative plural bideth, bide
participles bidynge, bidende biden, bide, ybiden, ybide

1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or bodest.
2 Later replaced by the indicative.
3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

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References

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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biden

  1. past participle of bīdan