bjuda

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjuː.da/

bjuda f

1. whiteness

From Old Swedish biūþa, from Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to wake, rise up”).

• IPA^(key): /²bjʉːda/, [²bʝʉ̟ːd̪a]

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːda

bjuda (present bjuder, preterite bjöd, supine bjudit, imperative bjud)

1. to offer, to give as a gift

   Om hon gillar te så bjud henne

   If she likes tea, offer her (tea)

   Ni behöver inte betala. Jag bjuder!

   You don't have to pay. I'll foot the bill! (Literally "I give/offer!")

2. (with på) to offer (a specified thing), to give (a specified thing) as a gift

   Jag bjuder på ölen!

   The beer is on me! (Literally "I give/offer the beer!")

   Jag bjuder alla på öl

   I'm giving everyone beer

   Jag blev bjuden på konjak och på cigarrer

   I was given cognac and cigars (second på optional)

   Köp två så bjuder vi på den tredje

   Buy two and get the third one free

3. to invite

   Hon är bjuden

   She is invited

4. (with till or på) to invite (to something specified)

   Blev du bjuden till deras bröllop?

   Were you invited to their wedding?

   Vi borde bjuda dom på middag

   We should invite them for dinner

   Jag blev bjuden på fest

   I was invited to a party

5. to bid (e.g. within an auction or similar)

   Jag bjuder 100 kr!

   I bid 100 SEK!

6. (archaic) to utter a wish for the benefit of someone

   Jag bjuder er härmed en fortsatt god afton

   I hereby wish you a continued pleasant evening

7. (archaic) to order, to command; to issue a decree

• Except for (sense 5) above, the general notion is that the direct object specifies to whom something is being offered, with på (or till in the case of inviting) specifying what is being offered. Either or both may be omitted. Valid follow-up questions to "Jag bjuder" include "Vem?" and "På vad?"
• Related terms like bjuda in are particle verbs and get the stress on the particle (in). In bjuda på, the stress is on bjuda.
• In sense 7 this verb was eventually displaced by the Low German loan befalla.

• (colloquial) bjussa

• auktion (“auction”)

• bjuda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bjuda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bjuda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)