beichtn

See also: Beichtn

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German bīhten, contraction of bīhtegen, from the adjective bīhtec, bīhtic, from Old High German bīgihtīg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *jihtiz, from *jehaną, from Proto-Indo-European *yék-e-ti, from *yek- (to speak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɑɛ̯çd̥n/
  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥æːçd̥n/ (East Central, Vienna)
  • Homophone: Beichtn

Verb

beichtn (past participle beicht)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, Christianity) to confess sins
  2. (figurative) confess (disclose one's bad deeds)