bedre

See also: бедре

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse betri, from Proto-Germanic *batizô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥e̝ðʁɐ]

Adjective

bedre

1. comparative degree of god - better

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to burrow, dig”), see also bads (“hunger, starvation”).

Noun

bedre f (5th declension)

1. pit, hollow, depression
2. pothole

Declension

Declension of bedre (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	bedre	bedres
accusative (akuzatīvs)	bedri	bedres
genitive (ģenitīvs)	bedres	bedru
dative (datīvs)	bedrei	bedrēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	bedri	bedrēm
locative (lokatīvs)	bedrē	bedrēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	bedre	bedres

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish bedre, from Old Norse betri, from Proto-Germanic *batizô.

Adjective

bedre

1. comparative degree of god: better
2. comparative degree of bra

Derived terms

• bedring

Etymology 2

From Old Norse betra.

Verb

bedre (imperative bedr or bedre, present tense bedrer, simple past and past participle bedra or bedret, present participle bedrende)

1. (also reflexive) to improve

Derived terms

• utbedre

See also

• betre (Nynorsk)

References

• “bedre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Slovak

Noun

bedre

1. locative singular of bedro