bilde

See also: Bilde

Danish

Etymology

From German bilden, derived from the noun Bild.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bilə/, [ˈb̥ilə] or IPA^(key): /belə/, [ˈb̥elə]

Verb

bilde (past tense bildte, past participle bildt)

1. to form

   in the contemporary language only in the participle bildende and in compounds

Conjugation

Conjugation of bilde

active passive present bilder bildes past bildte bildtes infinitive bilde bildes imperative bild — participle present bildende past bildt (auxiliary verb have) gerund bilden

Derived terms

• afbilde
• bilde ind
• bildende
• indbilde

References

• “bilde,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

bilde

1. inflection of bilden:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Latvian

Etymology

From Middle Low German bilde or Middle Dutch bilde (“drawing, image, example”), cf. German Bild.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bilːde]

Noun

bilde f (5th declension)

1. picture, image
2. photo

Declension

Declension of bilde (5th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	bilde	bildes
genitive	bildes	bilžu
dative	bildei	bildēm
accusative	bildi	bildes
instrumental	bildi	bildēm
locative	bildē	bildēs
vocative	bilde	bildes

Synonyms

• attēls (“image”)
• fotogrāfija (“photo”)

Related terms

• bildēt

Middle English

Verb

bilde

1. alternative form of bylden

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• billede (now nonstandard, officially since 1959, in Riksmål since 2024)

Etymology

Inherited from Danish billede, from Old Danish beletæ, from Middle Low German bēl(e)de, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi. The contracted spelling was first standardized in 1938.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪldə/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪldə
• Hyphenation: bil‧de

Noun

bilde n (definite singular bildet, indefinite plural bilder, definite plural bilda or bildene)

1. picture, image

Usage notes

• Compounds can be formed from the stems bilde- or billed-. Only the latter is possible in billedlig (“figurative”).

Derived terms

• bryllupsbilde
• fargebilde
• helhetsbilde
• miniatyrbilde
• nærbilde
• ordbilde
• panoramabilde
• passbilde
• radarbilde
• røntgenbilde
• satellittbilde
• speilbilde
• stjernebilde

Related terms

• avbilde
• bildende
• innbille

References

• “bilde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bilde” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• bilde-, blide, debil, dible

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bilete

Etymology

From Old Norse bilæti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪldə/
• Rhymes: -ɪldə

Noun

bilde n (definite singular bildet, indefinite plural bilde, definite plural bilda)

1. picture, image

Derived terms

• fargebilde
• miniatyrbilde
• nærbilde
• panoramabilde
• passbilde
• røntgenbilde
• satellittbilde

References

• “bilde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.