biten

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Hungarian

Etymology

bit +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ten

Noun

biten

  1. superessive singular of bit

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Pronunciation

Verb

biten

  1. to bite

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive biten
3rd sg. past bêet
3rd pl. past bēten
Past participle gebēten
Infinitive biten
In genitive bitens
In dative bitene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular bite bêet
2nd singular bijts, bites bēets, bētes
3rd singular bijt, bitet bêet
1st plural biten bēten
2nd plural bijt, bitet bēet, bētet
3rd plural biten bēten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular bite bēte
2nd singular bijts, bites bētes
3rd singular bite bēte
1st plural biten bēten
2nd plural bijt, bitet bētet
3rd plural biten bēten
Imperative Present
Singular bijt, bite
Plural bijt, bitet
Present Past
Participle bitende gebēten

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: bijten
    • Afrikaans: byt
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: biti
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: bet, bit
    • →? Sranan Tongo: beti
  • Limburgish: biete

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

biten

  1. to bite
Conjugation
Conjugation of biten (strong class 1)
infinitive (to) biten, bite
present tense past tense
1st-person singular bite bot
2nd-person singular bitest bote, bite, bot
3rd-person singular biteth bot
subjunctive singular bite bote1, bite1
imperative singular —
plural2 biten, bite boten, bote, biten, bite
imperative plural biteth, bite —
participles bitynge, bitende biten, bite, ybiten, ybite

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old English betēon, equivalent to be- +‎ tēn.

Pronunciation

Verb

biten

  1. Alternative form of biteon

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

biten m

  1. definite singular of bit

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

biten m

  1. definite singular of bit (Etymologies 1 & 2)

Participle

biten (neuter bite, definite singular and plural bitne)

  1. past participle of bita
  2. past participle of bite

Swedish

Participle

biten

  1. past participle of bita

Adjective

biten

  1. bitten
  2. stung (by a bee, wasp or mosquito)
  3. hooked, addicted (on/to a hobby)

Declension

Inflection of biten
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular biten — —
Neuter singular bitet — —
Plural bitna — —
Masculine plural3 bitne — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bitne — —
All bitna — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Noun

biten

  1. definite singular of bit

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