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Webster 1828 Edition


Bild

BILD

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Verb.
T.
pret. bilded, bilt; pp.id.
To construct; to erect; to set up and finish; as, to bild a house or ship; to bild a wall. [This is the true orthography; the common spelling is incorrect. See Build.]

Definition 2024


Bild

Bild

See also: bild

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Beld (less common)

Noun

Bild n (plural Bilder or Biller, diminutive Bildche)

  1. (most dialects) image; picture; painting; photo

Usage notes

  • The plural Bilder is predominant in Ripuarian, the plural Biller in Moselle Franconian.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bilde, from Old High German bilidi, biladi, from Proto-Germanic *biliþją or *bilaþją. Further origin uncertain. Cognate with Dutch beeld, Old English biliþe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪlt/

Noun

Bild n (genitive Bildes or Bilds, plural Bilder, diminutive Bildchen n)

  1. image; picture; painting; photo (optical representation of something)
  2. image (idea or mental concept of something)
  3. (computing) image

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants


Luxembourgish

Noun

Bild n (plural Biller)

  1. picture, image

Derived terms

bild

bild

See also: Bild

Swedish

Noun

bild c

  1. picture
  2. image
  3. photo

Declension

Inflection of bild 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bild bilden bilder bilderna
Genitive bilds bildens bilders bildernas

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