bieten
to offer
To make something available to someone, present it for acceptance, or make it possible.
EXAMPLE
Dieses Hotel bietet einen tollen Blick auf das Meer.
This hotel offers a great view of the sea.
bieten
to offer / to bid
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Meanings
bieten
to bid
At an auction, to state a price for something that one is willing to pay.
EXAMPLE
Er hat 500 Euro für das alte Gemälde geboten.
He bid 500 euros for the old painting.
sich bieten
to arise
Describes the sudden or unexpected emergence of a possibility or opportunity.
EXAMPLE
Als sich die Gelegenheit bot, ins Ausland zu gehen, hat er sofort zugegriffen.
When the opportunity arose to go abroad, he immediately took it.
sich etwas nicht bieten lassen
to not put up with
To not accept or tolerate negative treatment, an impertinence, or an injustice.
EXAMPLE
So eine unfaire Behandlung lasse ich mir nicht bieten!
I won't put up with such unfair treatment!
Usage tips
Dative and accusative
In the meaning 'zur Verfügung stellen' (to make available), 'bieten' (to offer) is often used with two objects: a person in the dative and a thing in the accusative. The structure is: jemandem etwas bieten (to offer someone something).
EXAMPLE
Die Firma bietet ihren Mitarbeitern flexible Arbeitszeiten.
The company offers its employees flexible working hours.
Use at auctions
When 'bieten' (to bid) is used in the context of an auction, it often appears with an amount of money and the preposition 'für' (for) plus accusative. You bid a price for a thing.
EXAMPLE
Ich habe 100 Euro für die alte Vase geboten.
I bid 100 euros for the old vase.
Reflexive for opportunities
The reflexive form 'sich bieten' means that an opportunity arises. The subject of the sentence is the opportunity itself, not the person. The person for whom the opportunity arises can be in the dative.
EXAMPLE
Mir bot sich die einmalige Chance, ein Jahr in Japan zu arbeiten.
The unique chance to work in Japan for a year arose for me.
Fixed expression
The idiom 'sich etwas nicht bieten lassen' expresses that you do not accept bad treatment. The person who does not tolerate something is in the dative.
EXAMPLE
Diese Frechheit lasse ich mir von dir nicht bieten!
I won't put up with this cheek from you!
Compare with
bieten vs leisten
to perform / afford
Bieten can mean making help available or making it possible. Hilfe leisten emphasizes more strongly that the help is actually carried out. Someone who makes support available bietet Hilfe; someone who provides concrete help leistet Hilfe.
bieten
Das Beratungszentrum bietet Familien kostenlose Hilfe an.
The counseling center offers families free assistance.
leisten
Eine Beraterin leistet der Familie beim Ausfüllen der Formulare Hilfe.
A counselor helps the family fill out the forms.
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