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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔʏ̯tə/
- 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)
- booty; spoils; haul (something robbed)
- 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)
- (beekeeping) hive, beehive (artificial structure for housing honeybees, excluding the swarm and its combs)
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