Bett
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Bett (plural Betts)
- A surname.
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-Germanic *badją. Cognate with German Bett, Dutch bed, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður.
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Noun edit
Bett n (plural Better)
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 72.
German edit
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- Bette (colloquial in eastern Germany; otherwise obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot, grave, resting-place, bed”), perhaps (if originally "dug sleeping-place") from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”). Cognate with Low German Bedd, Dutch bed, West Frisian bêd, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður. Doublet of Beet.
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Noun edit
Bett n (mixed, genitive Bettes or Betts, plural Betten, diminutive Bettchen n or Bettlein n)
- bed (piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on; one's place of sleep or rest)
- bed (bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river)
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Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German betti, from Proto-Germanic *badją.
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Bett n (plural Better)
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German Bett, Dutch bed, English bed.
Noun edit
Bett n (plural Bedder)
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Bett f (plural Betten)