betre

betre

1. alternative form of bettre

betre

1. alternative form of bettre

betre

1. alternative form of bettre

From Old Norse betri, from Proto-Germanic *batizô. Akin to English better.

• bere, beire, bære, likar (all dialectal)

betre

1. better (of higher quality)

   Selskapet oppnådde betre resultat i år enn i fjor.

   The company achieved better results this year than the previous year.

2. better (more enjoyable)

   Maten her er betre.

   The food here is better.

Derived from the comparative adjective above.

betre (present tense betrar, past tense betra, past participle betra, passive infinitive betrast, present participle betrande, imperative betre/betr)

1. to improve

• bedre (Bokmål)

• “betre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• beret, berte, beter

Likely from Dutch beter as English -er mostly corresponds with -a in Sranan Tongo^[1] (compare finga, bita, brada). The verb sense may derive from or have been influenced by sense 2 of beter (“not sick anymore; recovered from a disease”).

• IPA^(key): /betɾe/, [bɪ̞tɾɪ̞], [be̝tɾe̝]

betre

1. better

   A moro betre you gwe. ― It is better you leave.

Although the English etymon is a comparative, the Sranan Tongo term is not. The immediate equivalent of the English comparative better is moro bun (literally: “more good”). The combination moro betre is commonly used and is generally not considered a pleonasm.

betre

1. rather, preferentially

See the usage notes for the adjective.

betre

1. to heal, to get well

• Aukan: betee
• Saramaccan: bë́të