bilden

See also: Bilden

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bilden, bileden, a merger from Old High German biliden, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþijan, and Old High German bilidōn, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþōn, both derived from *biliþī (whence German Bild). By surface analysis, Bild +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch beelden and Swedish bilda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪldən/, [ˈbɪldn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: bil‧den

Verb

bilden (weak, third-person singular present bildet, past tense bildete, past participle gebildet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to form, to train
  2. (reflexive) to educate oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German bilden, from Old High German bilidōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbilden/, [ˈbildən]

Verb

bilden (third-person singular present bilt, past participle gebilt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to form, to compose

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive bilden
participle gebilt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular bilden
2nd singular bilts bilt
3rd singular bilt
1st plural bilden
2nd plural bilt bilt
3rd plural bilden

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

bilden

  1. alternative form of belden

Etymology 2

Verb

bilden

  1. alternative form of bylden

Swedish

Noun

bilden

  1. definite singular of bild

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