Beet

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See also: beet, bèèt, and be- -et

English

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Proper noun

Beet (plural Beets)

  1. A surname.

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East Central German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bête

Noun

Beet f or n

  1. (High Prussian) fine after losing a card game.
    • 1938, Walther Ziesemer, Preußisches Wörterbuch: Sprache und Volkstum Nordostdeutschlands. 9-15. Entry "Bete".‎:
      Ech muss beet zoahle....
      I have to pay "beet"...
  2. (High Prussian, figuratively, adjectival) losing a card game.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German bēte, compare German Bete.

Noun

Beet f

  1. (High Prussian) beet

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bette, bete, bet, from Old High German betti, beti (“bed, flower-bed”), from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją. Doublet of Bett (“bed for sleeping”).

The West Germanic noun had simple -d- in the nominative/accusative and geminated -dd- in the oblique cases. This alternation was generally levelled towards the geminate, but variants with a simple consonant survived through Old and Middle High German. The form Beet, which is of Central German origin, likely continues such dialectal forms, though some consider it a late and arbitrary alteration. The semantic distinction from Bett is in any case artificial and dates from the 17th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

Beet n (strong, genitive Beetes or Beets, plural Beete)

  1. bed (for plants)

Declension

Declension of Beet
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Beet die Beete
genitive eines des Beetes, Beets der Beete
dative einem dem Beet, Beete1 den Beeten
accusative ein das Beet die Beete

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Danish: bed

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Beet”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. ^ “Beet” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Further reading

  • “Beet” in Duden online
  • “Beet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Low German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bête

Noun

Beet f or n

  1. (low Prussian) fine after losing a card game.
  2. (low Prussian, figuratively, adjectival) losing a card game.
    • 1938, Walther Ziesemer, Preußisches Wörterbuch: Sprache und Volkstum Nordostdeutschlands. 9-15. Entry "Bete".‎:
      He ös beet
      He has lost the game

Etymology 2

Middle Low German bēte, compare German Bete.

Noun

Beet f

  1. (Low Prussian) beet

Plautdietsch

Noun

Beet f (plural Beete)

  1. beet
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