biden

See also: Biden

Japanese

Romanization

biden

Rōmaji transcription of びでん

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

biden

to wait [+accusative or genitive = for]

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive	biden
3rd sg. past	bêet
3rd pl. past	bēden
Past participle	gebēden
Infinitive	biden
In genitive	bidens
In dative	bidene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	bide	bêet
2nd singular	bijts, bides	bēets, bēdes
3rd singular	bijt, bidet	bêet
1st plural	biden	bēden
2nd plural	bijt, bidet	bēet, bēdet
3rd plural	biden	bēden
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	bide	bēde
2nd singular	bijts, bides	bēdes
3rd singular	bide	bēde
1st plural	biden	bēden
2nd plural	bijt, bidet	bēdet
3rd plural	biden	bēden
Imperative	Present
Singular	bijt, bide
Plural	bijt, bidet
	Present	Past
Participle	bidende	gebēden

Derived terms

gebiden
ontbiden
verbiden

Descendants

Dutch: beiden (obsolete)

Further reading

Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “biden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old English

Verb

biden

past participle of bīdan

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