Bete

See also: bete, bète, and bête

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːtə/
  • Rhymes: -eːtə
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophones: bete, Beete

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German bête, from Old Saxon *bēta, from Proto-West Germanic *bētā (“beet”).

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. beet; chiefly in Rote Bete
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German bete, from Old High German beta, from Proto-Germanic *bedō.

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Bitte (“plea, request”)
  2. (obsolete) Alternative form of Bede (“kind of historic tax”)

Further reading
  • “Bete” in Duden online
  • “Bete” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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