Bild

See also: bild

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Beld (less common)

Etymology

From Old High German bilidi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī. The vocalism -i- is regular due to the originally open syllable. The variant Beld may be from an early contraction or due to analogy with words with original -ld, such as weld (wild).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bilt/

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-West Germanic *biliþī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪlt/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Homophone: Build

Noun

Bild n (strong, 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

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ? Estonian: pilt

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pilt/

Noun

Bild n (plural Bilder, diminutive Bildche)

  1. picture, image
    en Buch foll Bilder
    a book full of pictures

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German bilde, from Old High German bilidi, biladi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bilt/

Noun

Bild n (plural Biller)

  1. picture, image

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Bild in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German bilde, from Old High German bilidi, biladi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī.

Noun

Bild n (plural Bilder)

  1. picture, image
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