biten

Hungarian

Etymology

bit +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbitɛn]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ten

Noun

biten

1. superessive singular of bit

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtən/

Verb

biten

1. to bite

Inflection

Conjugation of biten (strong class 1)

infinitive	base form	biten
	genitive	bitens
	dative	bitene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		bite	bêet		bite	bēte
2nd person singular		bijts, bites	bēets, bētes		bijts, bites	bētes
3rd person singular		bijt, bitet	bêet		bite	bēte
1st person plural		biten	bēten		biten	bēten
2nd person plural		bijt, bitet	bēet, bētet		bijt, bitet	bētet
3rd person plural		biten	bēten		biten	bēten
		imperative
singular		bijt, bite
plural		bijt, bitet
		present	past
participle		bitende	gebēten

Derived terms

• bitinge
• gebiten
• ontbiten
• tebiten
• verbiten
• wēderbiten

Descendants

• Dutch: bijten
  • Afrikaans: byt
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: biti
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: bet, bit
  • →? Sranan Tongo: beti
• Limburgish: biete

Further reading

• “biten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “biten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Alternative forms

• byte, byten, bite, bight

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtən/

Verb

biten

1. to bite

Conjugation

Conjugation of biten (strong class 1)

infinitive	(to) biten, bite
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bite	bot
2nd-person singular	bitest	bote, bite, bot
3rd-person singular	biteth	bot
subjunctive singular	bite	bote1, bite1
imperative singular		—
plural2	biten, bite	boten, bote, biten, bite
imperative plural	biteth, bite	—
participles	bitynge, bitende	biten, bite, ybiten, ybite

¹ Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
² Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: bite
• Scots: bite

Etymology 2

From Old English betēon, equivalent to be- +‎ tēn.

Pronunciation

• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /bi.ˈtøːn/
• IPA^(key): /bi.ˈteːn/

Verb

biten

1. Alternative form of biteon

References

• “bīten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

biten m

1. definite singular of bit

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

biten m

1. definite singular of bit (Etymologies 1 & 2)

Participle

biten (neuter bite, definite singular and plural bitne)

1. past participle of bita
2. past participle of bite

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ten/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ten/

Verb

bīten

1. plural present subjunctive of bītan

Verb

biten

1. plural preterite subjunctive of bītan

Participle

biten

1. past participle of bītan

Swedish

Participle

biten

1. past participle of bita

Adjective

biten

1. bitten
2. stung (by a bee, wasp or mosquito)
3. hooked, addicted (on/to a hobby)

Declension

Inflection of biten

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	biten	—	—
neuter singular	bitet	—	—
plural	bitna	—	—
masculine plural2	bitne	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	bitne	—	—
all	bitna	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• hopbiten

Noun

biten

1. definite singular of bit

References

• biten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• biten in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bita in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• bitne