beide
German, determiner/ˈbaɪ̯də/
beide is a German determiner meaning “both” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does beide mean in English?
determiner
- 1
both
- 2
two
pronoun
- 1
both
- 2
two
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
number: 1. sowohl der/die/das eine als auch der/die/das andere; auch adverbial gebraucht 2. zwei
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of beide
- Beide alternative
- beede alternative
- beyde alternative obsolete
- beides neuter nominative pronoun
- die beiden mixed nominative plural
- beider genitive plural strong
- der beiden genitive mixed plural
- beidem dative neuter pronoun
- beiden dative plural strong
- den beiden dative mixed plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beide?
- /ˈbaɪ̯də/
- [ˈbaɪ̯də]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beide in German?
beide appears 240 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).