bereit

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East Central German

Participle

bereit

  1. past participle of bereie

References

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bereite, from Old High German bireiti, reiti; from Proto-West Germanic *raidī, from the Proto-Germanic base *raidaz (ready). Cognate with English ready, Vilamovian byrat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʁaɪ̯t/
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Adjective

bereit (strong nominative masculine singular bereiter, comparative bereiter, superlative am bereitesten)

  1. (often with für (for), or auf (on, to)) ready (for, on, to)
    Synonym: fertig
    bereit und fähigready and able

Declension

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Further reading

  • bereit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bereit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bereit” in Duden online
  • bereit” in OpenThesaurus.de