bieden

Bieden is a Dutch verb that means to offer or to bid. It is used in contexts such as auctions, negotiations, and general offers of price or terms. The related noun bod refers to an offer or bid, and bieder denotes a bidder or offeror. In everyday language, mensen spreken van een bod uitbrengen of een bod doen.

In practical use, bieden appears in auctions when participants present increasingly high offers. In real estate, vehicles, and online marketplaces, buyers place bids and sellers compare them. Beyond auctions, bieden is used in negotiations to indicate proposals or terms being put forward, for example in contracts or procurement discussions. The verb can be transitive, taking a direct object such as een bod or een aanbieding (an offer).

Conjugation and forms. Bieden is an irregular Dutch verb. Present tense: ik bied, jij biedt, hij biedt, wij bieden, jullie bieden, zij bieden. Past tense: ik bood, jij bood, hij bood, wij boden, jullie boden, zij boden. Perfect participle: geboden. Example sentences: Ik bied vijftig euro op deze auto. (I offer fifty euros on this car.) Gisteren bood hij zestig euro. (Yesterday he bid sixty euros.) We hebben een bod uitgebracht. (We have submitted a bid.)

Etymology and related terms. Bieden shares its roots with the Dutch noun bod (offer/bid) and with related terms such as bieder (bidder) and bieding (offering). The concept is common in commerce and public auctions in the Dutch-speaking world.

See also: bod, boden, bieder, bieding, veiling.