beten

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːtən

Noun

beten

1. plural of beet

Verb

beten

1. inflection of bijten:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

• beent

German

Etymology

From Middle High German beten, from Old High German betōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtən/

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• Hyphenation: be‧ten

Verb

beten (weak, third-person singular present betet, past tense betete, past participle gebetet, auxiliary haben)

1. to pray

Conjugation

Derived terms

• anbeten
• Betbruder / Betschwester
• Betchor
• Beten
• betend
• Betender / Betende
• Beter / Beterin
• Betglocke (Kirchenglocke)
• Bethaus
• Betkapelle
• Betperle (Betperlen)
• Betpult
• Betsaal
• den Rosenkranz beten
• gesundbeten (jemanden gesundbeten)
• herbeten
• herunterbeten
• nachbeten
• vorbeten

Related terms

• Anbetung
• Gebet
• Gesundbeten
• Vorbeter / Vorbeterin

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bēatan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-.

Alternative forms

• beete, bet, bete, betyn, beytt
• beaten (Early Middle English)
• byete (Kent)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛːtən/

Verb

beten (third-person singular simple present beteth, present participle betynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bet, past participle beten)

1. To beat; to repeatedly strike or hit:
   1. To hit or whip; to attack with a blunt weapon or the hands:
   2. To bombard or strike with projectiles.
   3. (of the weather) To violently or furiously assail.
   4. To bat (wings or eyes) up and down.
   5. (rare) To strike cloth or tow.
2. To (repeatedly or violently) press, pound or whack:
   1. To strike metal into shape; to perform metalworking.
   2. To throb or vibrate; to make a regular pulse.
   3. (rare) To thresh; to separate grain from the chaff.
3. (especially cooking) To crush, grind or mix; to cause to lose form.
4. To decorate with embroidery, metalwork, or paintwork.
5. To beat (conquer, ruin, or overcome).
6. (figurative) To inflict punishment upon someone.
7. (rare) To be near or adjacent; to border.
8. (of a quarry, rare) To enter a waterbody so a hunting hound loses scent.
9. (figurative, rare) To talk or converse about.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: beat
  • → Pennsylvania German: biede
• Scots: beat, beit

References

• “bēten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English bētan, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną; some forms are remodelled on bet (“better”).

Alternative forms

• beete, bete, bett, betten, beytt
• betenn, beote (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtən/, /ˈbɛtən/

Verb

beten (third-person singular simple present beteth, present participle betynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bette, past participle bet)

1. To fix or mend; to perform repairs to.
   1. To alleviate or cure; to remove a condition.
   2. To reassure; to free from distress.
2. To save from danger or death.
3. To expiate; to make amends for a sin or wrong.
4. To start or add fuel to a fire; to stoke.
5. (figuratively) To rouse or stir (a feeling)

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: beet (dialectal, obsolete)
• Scots: bete, beit, beet, beat

References

• “bẹ̄ten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Noun

beten

1. definite singular of bet
2. inflection of bete:
   1. definite singular
   2. indefinite plural

Anagrams

• benet

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From German beten.

Noun

beten

1. prayer