beetje

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Dutch

Etymology

From beet +‎ -je. Cognate with German bisschen and English bit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːtjə/, ,
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  • Hyphenation: beet‧je

Adverb

een beetje

  1. a bit, a little bit, somewhat

Determiner

een beetje

  1. a bit of, a little bit of, some (before mass nouns)
  2. (informal) something of, anyone or anything worth its salt (before countable nouns)

Noun

beetje n (plural beetjes)

  1. Diminutive of beet
  2. Small amount.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bietjie
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: beki
  • Jersey Dutch: bêtśe
  • Negerhollands: beetje, bechi, betji, bitji, bitši, biti
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: biti (archaic)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: beki
  • → Saramaccan: abíti
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