gebit

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gebet. Equivalent to ge- +‎ bijten with vowel shortening.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈbɪt/
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧bit
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

gebit n (plural gebitten, diminutive gebitje n)

  1. denture (set of teeth, also artificial)
    Zij heeft een prachtig gebit.
    She has a beautiful set of teeth.
    Ik heb mijn gebit nog niet in.
    I am not wearing my dentures yet.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: bit
  • → Caribbean Javanese: khebit

See also

Limburgish

Noun

gebit n

  1. Veldeke spelling of C͜he̩bit
    Synonyms: tend, getante, bit, bieters, gesjieër, gevreet

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

ġebīt

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ġebīdan

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gebiet (“area, territory”). First attested in 1795.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛˈbiːt/, /jɛˈbiːt/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧bit
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

gebit n

  1. profession, trade, area of expertise
    Synonyms: område, gren, fack
    • 2019 March 7, Anna Lundegårdh, “"Ibland är det livsverk som står på spel" ["Sometimes a life's work is at stake"]”, in Dagens Samhälle:
      Centrumutveckling är ett ganska litet gebit här i Sverige och många har ringt och rådfrågat om sitt.
      City center development is a fairly small area of expertise here in Sweden and many people have called and asked about theirs.
    • 2020, 16:07 from the start, in Karl Hårding, transl., The Mandalorian, season 1, episode 1, spoken by The Client (Werner Herzog):
      Men jag är medveten om att prisjakt är ett komplicerat gebit.
      Although, I have knowledge that bountyhunting is a complicated profession.

Declension

Declension of gebit
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gebit gebits
definite gebitet gebitets
plural indefinite gebit gebits
definite gebiten gebitens

References

  1. ^ gebit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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