Bete

See also: bete, bète, and bête

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːtə/
  • Rhymes: -eːtə
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: bete, Beete

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German bête, from Old Saxon *bēta, from Proto-West Germanic *bētā (“beet”).

Noun

Bete f (genitive Bete, plural Beten)

  1. beet; chiefly in Rote Bete
Declension
Declension of Bete [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bete die Beten
genitive einer der Bete der Beten
dative einer der Bete den Beten
accusative eine die Bete die Beten
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German bete, from Old High German beta, from Proto-Germanic *bedō.

Noun

Bete f (genitive Bete, plural Beten)

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of Bitte (“plea, request”)
  2. (obsolete) alternative form of Bede (“kind of historic tax”)

Further reading

  • “Bete” in Duden online
  • “Bete” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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