bieten
German, verb
bieten is spelled B-I-E-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written German, the 1,326th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bieten is a German verb meaning “to offer; to present” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bieten is a different word: “gerund of bieten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kundtun, dass man etwas zu leisten bereit ist; etwas zur Verfügung oder in Aussicht stellen, etwas zusichern”.
What does bieten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to offer; to present
- 2
to bid; to offer to pay a certain price
- 3
to arise; to occur
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bieten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. kundtun, dass man etwas zu leisten bereit ist; etwas zur Verfügung oder in Aussicht stellen, etwas zusichern 2. etwas reichen, hinhalten 3. mit dem Leben für etwas einstehen 4. Widerstand leisten, trotzen
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 bieten
- bietet present singular third-person
- bot past
- geboten participle past
- böte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- bietend participle present
- biete first-person indicative present
- bietest indicative present second-person
- boten first-person indicative plural
- böten first-person formal plural
- botest indicative preterite second-person
- botst indicative preterite second-person
- botet indicative plural preterite
- bötest formal rare second-person
- bötet formal plural rare
- biet imperative second-person singular
- beutst present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bieten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bieten in German?
bieten appears 65 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).