bieten

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -itən

Noun

bieten

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of biet

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German

Alternative forms

• biethen (dated)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German biotan, 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtən/

• Audio:

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Verb

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

Conjugation

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• anbieten
• aufbieten
• Bieter
• darbieten

• entbieten
• erbieten
• feilbieten
• gebieten

• mitbieten
• überbieten
• unterbieten
• verbieten

Further reading

• “bieten” in Duden online

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Low German

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle Low German bîten, from Old Saxon bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Compare Dutch bijten, West Frisian bite, German beißen, English bite, Danish bide, Swedish bita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiːtn̩]

Verb

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

1. to bite

Conjugation

Conjugation of bieten (strong verb)

infinitive	bieten
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.