bitte
See also: Bitte
English edit
Noun edit
bitte (plural bittes)
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse biti (“beam, girder”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bitte f (plural bittes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Italian: bitta (see there for further descendants)
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Further reading edit
- “bitte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Ellipsis of ich bitte (dich) (“I beg (you)”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
bitte
- please, if you please (used to make a polite request or affirm an offer)
Interjection edit
bitte
- you're welcome (acknowledgement of thanks)
- Synonyms: bitte schön, gern geschehen
- excuse me, sorry (request to repeat information)
- Synonym: Entschuldigung
- here you are (when handing something over to someone)
- (sarcastic) OK then, well then, all right (indication of mock acquiescence to someone's apparent demanding attitude)
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Verb edit
bitte
- inflection of bitten:
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bitte f
Turkish edit
Noun edit
bitte