bilden

From Middle High German bilden, from Old High German biladōn or pilidōn, derived from the root of Bild. Cognate with Dutch beelden and Swedish bilda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪldən/, [ˈbɪldn̩]

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

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

• Bild

• bilden in Duden online

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbilden/, [ˈbildən]

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

1. (transitive) to form, to compose

• abilden
• ausbilden
• ëmbilden

• Bild

From Old English byldan, from Proto-Germanic *buþlijaną.

• buylde, bulden, belde, buylden, beelden, bildyn, bylden

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːldən/
• (SW England) IPA^(key): /ˈbyːldən/

bilden

1. To lodge; to stay, to reside.
2. To make, start, or begin:
   1. To erect, build, create (a structure or building)

      • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “John 2:20”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

        Therfor the Jewis seiden to hym, In fourti and sixe yeer this temple was bildid, and schalt thou in thre daies reise it?

        Then the Jews said to him: "This temple was built in forty-six years, and you want to rebuild it in three days?"

   2. To establish, begin, create (an organisation)
3. To solidify, improve or promote welfare and religion.
4. To furnish; to supply quarters with necessities.

bilden is rarely found outside Southwestern Middle English before well into the 14th century.

• bilder
• bildyng

• English: build
• Scots: belde, bield

• “bīlden (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

From Old English byldan (“to embolden”).

bilden

1. Alternative form of belden

bilden

1. definite singular of bild