bedre

See also: бедре

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse betri, from Proto-Germanic *batizô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [b̥e̝ðʁɐ]

Adjective

bedre

  1. comparative degree of god - better

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to burrow, dig”), see also bads (“hunger, starvation”).[1]

Noun

bedre f (5th declension)

  1. pit, hollow, depression
  2. pothole

Declension
Declension of bedre (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) bedre bedres
accusative (akuzatīvs) bedri bedres
genitive (ģenitīvs) bedres bedru
dative (datīvs) bedrei bedrēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) bedri bedrēm
locative (lokatīvs) bedrē bedrēs
vocative (vokatīvs) bedre bedres

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “113-14”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 113-14

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish bedre, from Old Norse betri, from Proto-Germanic *batizô.

Adjective

bedre

  1. comparative degree of god: better
  2. comparative degree of bra
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse betra.

Verb

bedre (imperative bedr or bedre, present tense bedrer, simple past and past participle bedra or bedret, present participle bedrende)

  1. (also reflexive) to improve
Derived terms

See also

References

Slovak

Noun

bedre

  1. locative singular of bedro
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