binden

From Middle Dutch binden, from Old Dutch *bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪndə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: bin‧den
• Rhymes: -ɪndən

binden

1. (transitive) to tie
2. (transitive) to wrap
3. (transitive) to bind (generally, legally/contractually)
4. (intransitive) to bind, to thicken (of food)

Conjugation of binden (strong class 3a)
infinitive	binden
past singular	bond
past participle	gebonden
infinitive	binden
gerund	binden n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	bind	bond
2nd person sing. (jij)	bindt, bind2	bond
2nd person sing. (u)	bindt	bond
2nd person sing. (gij)	bindt	bondt
3rd person singular	bindt	bond
plural	binden	bonden
subjunctive sing.1	binde	bonde
subjunctive plur.1	binden	bonden
imperative sing.	bind
imperative plur.1	bindt
participles	bindend	gebonden
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

• Afrikaans: bind
• Berbice Creole Dutch: bendi
• Negerhollands: bind, bint, bin

From Middle High German binden, from Old High German bintan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. Cognate with Low German binnen, Dutch binden, English bind, Danish binde.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪndən/, [ˈbɪn.dn̩], [-dən]

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• Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

binden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present bindet, past tense band, past participle gebunden, past subjunctive bände, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to bind, to tie, to fasten something by means of a string etc.

   Er hat den Hund an den Zaun gebunden.

   He's bound the dog to the fence.

   Aus den Zweigen binde ich einen Kranz.

   From the twigs I’ll bind a wreath.

   ein Buch binden ― to bind a book

2. (transitive) to tie, to fasten a string etc.

   Ich binde mir die Schuhe. ― I'm tying my shoes.

   Sie hat sich einen Zopf gebunden.

   She's tied her hair into a ponytail.

   Er hat sich einen Schal um den Hals gebunden.

   He's tied a scarf around his neck.

3. (transitive, often passive voice) to oblige, commit, bind

   Mein Vertrag bindet mich. ― My contract binds me.

   Ich bin vertraglich gebunden. ― I'm bound by a contract.

4. (reflexive) to commit oneself, make a commitment (especially for marriage)
5. (transitive) to make congeal, thicken, set, bond
6. (transitive, of substances) to capture; to absorb (carbon dioxide etc.)
7. (intransitive, of substances) to congeal, thicken, set, bond
8. (phonetics, transitive) to make sandhi, crasis, liaison

   Französische Substantive werden im Singular nicht gebunden.

   There is no liaison with French singular nouns.

• “binden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “binden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “binden” in Duden online
• “binden” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Old Dutch *bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-.

binden

1. To bind, tie.
2. To tie up.
3. To bind (to an obligation).

Strong class 3
Infinitive	binden
3rd sg. past	bant
3rd pl. past	bonden
Past participle	gebonden
Infinitive	binden
In genitive	bindens
In dative	bindene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	binde	bant
2nd singular	bints, bindes	bonts, bondes
3rd singular	bint, bindet	bant
1st plural	binden	bonden
2nd plural	bint, bindet	bont, bondet
3rd plural	binden	bonden
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	binde	bonde
2nd singular	bints, bindes	bondes
3rd singular	binde	bonde
1st plural	binden	bonden
2nd plural	bint, bindet	bondet
3rd plural	binden	bonden
Imperative	Present
Singular	bint, binde
Plural	bint, bindet
	Present	Past
Participle	bindende	gebonden

• Dutch: binden
  • Afrikaans: bind
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: bendi
  • Negerhollands: bind, bint, bin
• Limburgish: binje

• “binden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “binden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

• bynden

From Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną; equivalent to bynde +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːndən/, /ˈbindən/

binden

1. To bind, fasten; to make a knot or fastening.
2. To wrap; to enclose in wrapping.
3. To secure, strengthen; to make strong:
   1. To tie up; to strengthen with a knot.
   2. To connect or link (especially by binding):
   3. (figurative) To remember; to keep one's mental connection secure.
   4. (figurative) To strengthen or provide proof for an argument.
4. To take away one's agency; to enthrall:
   1. To restrain a captive; to jail.
   2. To enslave, subordinate, or force.
   3. To enrapture or captivate.
   4. (rare) To take into apprenticeship or training.
5. To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:
   1. To enter into a marital relationship; to marry.
   2. (rare, Late Middle English) To copulate; to have sex.
6. To force or compel (to perform an action):
   1. To obligate; to be forced by societal pressure.
   2. To force (into) a socially binding obligation or agreement.
   3. To mete out or proscribe penalties.
   4. To combine; to join; to make one.
7. To decorate or adorn; to add ornaments on.
8. To evacuate; to induce constipation.
9. To unify or join; to make one.
10. To enclose or surround; to fold as to completely conceal.
11. (rare) To cohere; to enjoin with itself.
12. (rare, figurative) To end or finish; to wrap up (for the sense, compare Modern English wrap up)

This verb inherited a system of alternations between the past singular stem vowel (/ɔː/ or /a/ in Middle English) and the past plural and participle stem vowel (/uː/ in Middle English) from Old English and ultimately Proto-Germanic. In the later Middle English period, the vowel of the past plural tended to replace that of the singular, though occasionally the singular form was levelled to the plural instead. The Modern English past tense bound demonstrates the completion of this levelling.

• English: bind
• Scots: bind

• “bī̆nden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Inherited from Old High German bintan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną. Cognate with Dutch binden and English bind.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbindən/

binden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present bindet, past tense bant, past participle gebunden, past subjunctive bünde, auxiliary hān)

1. to bind

• Bavarian: bindn
• German: binden
• Luxembourgish: bannen

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “binden”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

From Old Saxon bindan (“to bind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną.

• (originally) IPA^(key): /bɪndən/

binden

1. To bind.

• Low German: binnen
• Plautdietsch: binjen