beide

Etymology
From, from.

Determiner

 * 1) both

Usage notes
This term is used both with a noun, and on its own as a pronoun. However, when used as a pronoun to refer to two persons rather than objects or animals, is often used instead.

Etymology
From, , from , , from.

Determiner

 * 1) both
 * 2) (the) two
 * 1) (the) two
 * 1) (the) two
 * 1) (the) two
 * 1) (the) two

Usage notes

 * The determiner has only plural forms in contemporary German (see declension below).
 * Beide is much more frequent than English “both”. Although the numeral can be used after articles and determiners, German prefers to use beide in this function. Thus: “my two best friends” → meine beiden besten Freunde; “the two most famous actors” → die beiden berühmtesten Schauspieler, etc.

Pronoun

 * 1) both
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 * "de"

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 * 1) (the) two
 * 1) (the) two
 * 1) (the) two

Usage notes
The pronoun exists in the plural (beide) and the neuter singular (beides). Although the senses of the two constructions are roughly the same, they are not freely interchangeable.
 * Only the plural construction is possible for referring to people, and generally after an article or determiner:


 * The singular construction is used to refer to two situations or two choices:


 * Both constructions are possible for referring to things. The plural treats them as individual items, the singular as a collective whole. The latter is used chiefly with mass nouns.

Declension
Declension of  * The genitive singular  is obsolete. As in all such cases, it must be paraphrased with or (after certain prepositions like ) replaced with the dative.

Etymology 1
From, from.

Determiner

 * 1) both
 * 2)  both ... and

Noun

 * 1) waiting time, delay
 * 2) abode

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) both

Declension
Declension of