beten
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːtən
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German beten, from Old High German betōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːtən/
audio (Germany) (file) Audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: be‧ten
Verb
beten (weak, third-person singular present betet, past tense betete, past participle gebetet, auxiliary haben)
- to pray
Conjugation
infinitive | beten | ||||
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present participle | betend | ||||
past participle | gebetet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bete | wir beten | i | ich bete | wir beten |
du betest | ihr betet | du betest | ihr betet | ||
er betet | sie beten | er bete | sie beten | ||
preterite | ich betete | wir beteten | ii | ich betete1 | wir beteten1 |
du betetest | ihr betetet | du betetest1 | ihr betetet1 | ||
er betete | sie beteten | er betete1 | sie beteten1 | ||
imperative | bet (du) bete (du) |
betet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- anbeten
- Betbruder / Betschwester
- Betchor
- Beten
- betend
- Betender / Betende
- Beter / Beterin
- Betglocke (Kirchenglocke)
- Bethaus
- Betkapelle
- Betperle (Betperlen)
- Betpult
- Betsaal
- den Rosenkranz beten
- gesundbeten (jemanden gesundbeten)
- herbeten
- herunterbeten
- nachbeten
- vorbeten
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English bēatan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛːtən/
Verb
beten (third-person singular simple present beteth, present participle betynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bet, past participle beten)
- To beat; to repeatedly strike or hit:
- To (repeatedly or violently) press, pound or whack:
- (especially cooking) To crush, grind or mix; to cause to lose form.
- To decorate with embroidery, metalwork, or paintwork.
- To beat (conquer, ruin, or overcome).
- (figurative) To inflict punishment upon someone.
- (rare) To be near or adjacent; to border.
- (of a quarry, rare) To enter a waterbody so a hunting hound loses scent.
- (figurative, rare) To talk or converse about.
Conjugation
infinitive | (to) beten, bete | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | bete | bet, bette | |
2nd-person singular | betest | bete, bet, bettest | |
3rd-person singular | beteth | bet, bette | |
subjunctive singular | bete | bete1, bette1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | beten, bete | beten, bete, betten, bette | |
imperative plural | beteth, bete | — | |
participles | betynge, betende | beten, bete, bet, ybeten, ybete |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “bēten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English bētan, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną; some forms are remodelled on bet (“better”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːtən/, /ˈbɛtən/
Verb
beten (third-person singular simple present beteth, present participle betynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bette, past participle bet)
Conjugation
infinitive | (to) beten, bete | ||
---|---|---|---|
present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | bete | bette, bete | |
2nd-person singular | betest | bettest, betest | |
3rd-person singular | beteth, bet | bette, bete | |
subjunctive singular | bete | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | beten, bete | betten, bette, beten, bete | |
imperative plural | beteth, bete | — | |
participles | betynge, betende | bet, ybet |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “bẹ̄ten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.