Beute

See also: beute

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔʏ̯tə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Beu‧te

Etymology 1

From late Middle High German biute, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also the forms in other languages like Dutch buit, English booty, French butin.[1] Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.

Noun

Beute f (genitive Beute, plural Beuten)

  1. booty; spoils; haul (something robbed)
  2. prey; quarry (that which is hunted by animals or people)
Declension
Declension of Beute [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Beute die Beuten
genitive einer der Beute der Beuten
dative einer der Beute den Beuten
accusative eine die Beute die Beuten
Hyponyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German biute, from Old High German biuta, from Proto-Germanic *beudaz (“offering table”).[2]

Noun

Beute f (genitive Beute, plural Beuten)

  1. (beekeeping) hive, beehive (artificial structure for housing honeybees, excluding the swarm and its combs)
Declension
Declension of Beute [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Beute die Beuten
genitive einer der Beute der Beuten
dative einer der Beute den Beuten
accusative eine die Beute die Beuten
Hypernyms
Derived terms
  • Klotzbeute

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Beute#1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Beute#2”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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