Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːtən

Noun edit

beten

  1. plural of beet

Verb edit

beten

  1. inflection of bijten:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams edit

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German beten, from Old High German betōn.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːtən/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧ten

Verb edit

beten (weak, third-person singular present betet, past tense betete, past participle gebetet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to pray

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • beten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • beten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • beten” in Duden online
  • beten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old English bēatan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

beten (third-person singular simple present beteth, present participle betynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bet, past participle beten)

  1. To beat; to repeatedly strike or hit:
    1. To hit or whip; to attack with a blunt weapon or the hands:
    2. To bombard or strike with projectiles.
    3. (of the weather) To violently or furiously assail.
    4. To bat (wings or eyes) up and down.
    5. (rare) To strike cloth or tow.
  2. To (repeatedly or violently) press, pound or whack:
    1. To strike metal into shape; to perform metalworking.
    2. To throb or vibrate; to make a regular pulse.
    3. (rare) To thresh; to separate grain from the chaff.
  3. (especially cooking) To crush, grind or mix; to cause to lose form.
  4. To decorate with embroidery, metalwork, or paintwork.
  5. To beat (conquer, ruin, or overcome).
  6. (figurative) To inflict punishment upon someone.
  7. (rare) To be near or adjacent; to border.
  8. (of a quarry, rare) To enter a waterbody so a hunting hound loses scent.
  9. (figurative, rare) To talk or converse about.
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
  • English: beat
    • Pennsylvania German: biede
  • Scots: beat, beit
References edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old English bētan, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną; some forms are remodelled on bet (better).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːtən/, /ˈbɛtən/

Verb edit

beten (third-person singular simple present beteth, present participle betynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bette, past participle bet)

  1. To fix or mend; to perform repairs to.
    1. To alleviate or cure; to remove a condition.
    2. To reassure; to free from distress.
  2. To save from danger or death.
  3. To expiate; to make amends for a sin or wrong.
  4. To start or add fuel to a fire; to stoke.
  5. (figuratively) To rouse or stir (a feeling)
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
References edit

Swedish edit

Noun edit

beten

  1. definite singular of bet
  2. inflection of bete:
    1. definite singular
    2. indefinite plural

Anagrams edit

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From German beten.

Noun edit

beten

  1. prayer