beiden

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛi̯.də(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: beiden
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

Etymology 1

Plural of beide (pronoun).

Pronoun

beiden

  1. personal plural of beide (both)
Usage notes

See the note at beide.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch beiden, from Old Dutch beiden, from Proto-Germanic *baidijaną.

Verb

beiden

  1. (transitive, dated) to await, to bide
  2. (intransitive, archaic) to wait [with op or naar ‘for’]
Conjugation
Conjugation of beiden (weak)
infinitive beiden
past singular beidde
past participle gebeid
infinitive beiden
gerund beiden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular beid beidde
2nd person sing. (jij) beidt, beid2 beidde
2nd person sing. (u) beidt beidde
2nd person sing. (gij) beidt beidde
3rd person singular beidt beidde
plural beiden beidden
subjunctive sing.1 beide beidde
subjunctive plur.1 beiden beidden
imperative sing. beid
imperative plur.1 beidt
participles beidend gebeid
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Finnish

Noun

beiden

  1. genitive plural of bee

German

Pronunciation

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Determiner

beiden

  1. inflection of beide:
    1. strong dative plural
    2. weak all-case plural

Pronoun

beiden

  1. inflection of beide:
    1. strong dative plural
    2. weak all-case plural