bieden

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bieden, from Old Dutch *biodan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbidə(n)/
• Rhymes: -idən

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Verb

bieden

1. to make an offer, to bid

Anagrams

• bedien

Etymology

From Old High German *bedōn, northern variant of betōn. Cognate with German beten (“to pray”). All Central Franconian dialects have lost the verb at hand in German bitten and replaced it with the former (compare Ripuarian bedde).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiə̯dən/
• Rhymes: -iədən

Verb

bieden (third-person singular present biet, past participle gebiet, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to ask, to beg, to plead
2. (intransitive) to pray

Etymology

From Old Dutch *biodan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”).

Verb

bieden

1. to offer, to present
2. to promise
3. to point, to direct (towards someone)
4. to notify

Further reading

• “bieden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bieden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929