Beute

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔʏ̯tə/
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  • Hyphenation: Beu‧te

Etymology 1

From late Middle High German biute, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also the forms in other languages like Dutch buit, English booty, French butin. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (victory, booty, spoils). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.

Noun

Beute f (genitive Beute, plural Beuten)

  1. booty; spoils; haul (something robbed)
  2. prey; quarry (that which is hunted by animals or people)
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Etymology 2

From Middle High German biute, from Old High German biuta.

Noun

Beute f (genitive Beute, plural Beuten)

  1. (beekeeping) hive, beehive (artificial structure for housing honeybees, excluding the swarm and its combs)
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Further reading

  • Beute” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Beute (Anteil, Opfer)” in Duden online
  • Beute (Bienenstock)” in Duden online
  • Beute” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (Beute, supplement)
  • Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology