Bete

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See also: bete, bète, and bête

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtə/
Rhymes: -eːtə
Audio: (file)
Homophones: bete, Beete

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

Declension of Bete

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bete	die	Beten
genitive	einer	der	Bete	der	Beten
dative	einer	der	Bete	den	Beten
accusative	eine	die	Bete	die	Beten

Alternative forms

Beete

Derived terms

Rote Bete

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

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