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biden

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Japanese

Romanization

biden

  1. Rōmaji transcription of びでん

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

biden

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

Inflection

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

Descendants

  • Dutch: beiden (obsolete)

Further reading

Old English

Verb

biden

  1. past participle of bīdan