bilden
German, verb
bilden is spelled B-I-L-D-E-N (6 letters) and appears 52 times per million words in written German, the 1,636th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bilden is a German verb meaning “to form, to train” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bilden is a different word: “gerund of bilden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas zustande kommen, entstehen lassen”.
What does bilden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to form, to train
- 2
to educate oneself
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bilden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas zustande kommen, entstehen lassen 2. etwas Bestimmtes sein, etwas Bestimmtes darstellen, mit etwas gleichzusetzen sein 3. eines Menschen Wissen, Moral, Denkweise oder handwerkliche Fähigkeiten durch Lehren verbessern 4. Rechnungswesen: eine Rückstellung erstellen
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 bilden
- bildet present singular third-person
- bildete past
- gebildet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bildend participle present
- bilde first-person indicative present
- bildest indicative present second-person
- bildeten first-person indicative plural
- bildetest indicative preterite second-person
- bildetet indicative plural preterite
- bild imperative second-person singular
- habe gebildet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebildet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bilde! imperative singular
- bildet! imperative plural
- gebildet haben active infinitive perfect
- gebildet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gebildet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bilden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bilden in German?
bilden appears 52 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).