bieder
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German biderbe (also bederbe and shortened bider), from Old High German biderbi, piderpi, pidarpi, cognate with Bedarf. The derogatory sense arises in the 19th century. The compound Biedermann in origin means "brave, honest or capable man", but today has a meaning of "boring person, petty bourgeios".
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bieder (strong nominative masculine singular biederer, comparative biederer, superlative am biedersten)
- (dated) honest, respectable, upright, trustworthy
- (to stick simple-mindedly to society's norms) naive, simple-minded, guileless, ingenuous, oafish
- (to stick narrow-mindedly to society's norms, to be intent on being respectable) narrow-minded, bourgeois, petty bourgeois, petit bourgeois, hypocritical
- (of clothes, hairstyles, etc.) conventional, stale, conservative, drab, stodgy, prude, puritanical
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of bieder
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist bieder | sie ist bieder | es ist bieder | sie sind bieder | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | biederer | biedere | biederes | biedere |
genitive | biederen | biederer | biederen | biederer | |
dative | biederem | biederer | biederem | biederen | |
accusative | biederen | biedere | biederes | biedere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der biedere | die biedere | das biedere | die biederen |
genitive | des biederen | der biederen | des biederen | der biederen | |
dative | dem biederen | der biederen | dem biederen | den biederen | |
accusative | den biederen | die biedere | das biedere | die biederen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein biederer | eine biedere | ein biederes | (keine) biederen |
genitive | eines biederen | einer biederen | eines biederen | (keiner) biederen | |
dative | einem biederen | einer biederen | einem biederen | (keinen) biederen | |
accusative | einen biederen | eine biedere | ein biederes | (keine) biederen |
Comparative forms of bieder
Superlative forms of bieder
Synonyms
[edit]- (honest, upright): anständig, ehrbar, ehrenwert, ehrlich, rechtschaffen
- (simple-minded, naive): naiv, treuherzig, einfältig
- (narrow-minded, bourgeois): engstirnig, spießbürgerlich, kleinbürgerlich, kleinkariert
- (conventional, stale): langweilig, altbacken
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bieder” in Duden online
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