beter

From Dutch beter, from Middle Dutch beter, from Old Dutch betiro, from Proto-Germanic *batizô. The verb sense is a calque from English better, had better.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪətər/

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beter

1. comparative degree of goed

beter (present beter)

1. had better (used as an auxiliary verb to mean should; must)

   Jy beter versigtig wees.

   You (had) better be careful.

From Middle Dutch beter, from Old Dutch betiro, from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *batizô, comparative of *gōdaz.

Cognate with Low German beter, West Frisian better, English better, German besser, Danish bedre, Swedish bättre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtər/

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• Rhymes: -eːtər

beter

1. comparative degree of goed; better

   Synonym: (obsolete) bet

2. not sick anymore; recovered (from a disease)

   Word snel weer beter! ― Get well soon!

3. of high quality

   De nieuwe editie is te koop in de betere boekenwinkel. ― The new edition is for sale at any quality bookstore.

• Afrikaans: beter
• Berbice Creole Dutch: betre
• Negerhollands: beeter
• → Sranan Tongo: betre
  • Aukan: betee
  • Saramaccan: bë́të

beter

1. inflection of beteren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Old Dutch betera, betiro, from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛːtər/

bēter

1. better; comparative degree of goet

• bēteren

bēter

1. better; comparative degree of wel

• bat

• Dutch: beter
  • Afrikaans: beter
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: betre
  • Negerhollands: beeter
  • → Sranan Tongo: betre
    • Aukan: betee
    • Saramaccan: bë́të
• Limburgish: baeter

beter

1. alternative form of bettre

beter

1. alternative form of bettre

beter

1. alternative form of bettre

Probably from Old Norse beita.

beter

1. to bait

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

From Old Frisian betera, from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtər/
• Hyphenation: be‧ter
• Rhymes: -eːtər

beter (masculine beteren, feminine, plural or definite betere)

1. comparative degree of goud: better

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “beter”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

beter

1. present indicative of bete

From Ottoman Turkish بتر (beter), from Persian بدتر (bad-tar).

• IPA^(key): /be.tæɾ/

beter

1. worse