beeds

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• beids (Kölsch)
• beed, bääd, baad (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German beide + -s. The latter is probably an adverbial ending (cf. the postpositioned use, which is similar to an adverb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːts/

Pronoun

beeds pl (attributive beedse)

1. both

   Se hann sich beeds e Been jebroche.

   They both broke a leg.

   Hä hät sich beedse Been jebroche.

   He broke both his legs.

Usage notes

• The nominal form is only used postpositioned (example 1). It is often intensified to allebeeds.
• The attributive form cannot take an article or determiner before it (as in English, but unlike Standard German). The German form beide or the hybrid beede are also heard for it, but this is a recent corruption.