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bieten

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bieten

  1. plural of biet

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bieten, from Old High German biotan, from Proto-West Germanic *beudan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (be awake, aware).

Compare Low German bieden, beden, Dutch bieden, English bid, bede, Danish byde, Swedish bjuda.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bieten (class 2 strong, third-person singular present bietet, past tense bot, past participle geboten, past subjunctive böte, auxiliary haben)

  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

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • bieten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bieten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bieten” in Duden online
  • bieten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German bîten, from Old Saxon bītan.

Compare Dutch bijten, West Frisian bite, German beißen, English bite, Danish bide, Swedish bita.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to bite

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bieten (strong verb)
infinitive bieten
present preterite
1st person singular biet beet
2nd person singular bittst beetst
3rd person singular bitt beet
plural biet beten
imperative
singular biet
plural biet
present past
participle bieten(d) (ge)beten

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German biotan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbiə̯tən/

Verb

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bieten (class 2 strong, third-person singular present biutet, past tense bōt, past participle geboten, past subjunctive büte, auxiliary hān)

  1. to offer

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • German: bieten

References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “bieten”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel