Bett
See also: bett
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-Germanic *badją. Cognate with German Bett, Dutch bed, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 72.
German
Alternative forms
- Bette (colloquial in eastern Germany; otherwise obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot, grave, resting-place, bed”), perhaps (if originally "dug sleeping-place") from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”). Cognate with Low German Bedd, Dutch bed, West Frisian bêd, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður. Doublet of Beet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛt/
- (Germany) [bɛt]
(file) (file) - (Austria) [d̥as ˈb̥e̞t]
(file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
Declension
Derived terms
- Bett machen
- betten
- Bettgestell
- Betthase
- Betthupferl
- bettlägerig
- Bettlaken
- Bettlektüre
- Bettnässer
- Bettpfanne
- Bettruhe
- Bettwanze
- Bettzeug
- das Bett hüten
- Doppelbett
- einbetten
- umbetten
Related terms
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German betti, from Proto-Germanic *badją.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæt/
Pennsylvania German
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