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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German bête, from Old Saxon *bēta, from Proto-West Germanic *bētā (“beet”).
Noun
Bete f (genitive Bete, plural Beten)
- beet; chiefly in Rote Bete
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle High German bete, from Old High German beta, from Proto-Germanic *bedō.
Noun
Bete f (genitive Bete, plural Beten)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of Bitte (“plea, request”)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of Bede (“kind of historic tax”)
Further reading
- “Bete” in Duden online
- “Bete” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache