betten

See also: Betten

German

Etymology

From Bett (bed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛtn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: bet‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɛtn̩

Verb

betten (weak, third-person singular present bettet, past tense bettete, past participle gebettet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bed (place in a bed)
    • 1930, “act 2, scene 5”, in Bertolt Brecht (lyrics), Kurt Weil (music), Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny:
      Denn wie man sich bettet, so liegt man, / es deckt einen da keiner da zu / und wenn einer tritt, dann bin ich es / und wird einer getreten, dann bist du‘s.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • betten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • betten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • betten” in Duden online
  • betten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English

Verb

betten

  1. Alternative form of beten (to fix)

Swedish

Noun

betten

  1. definite plural of bett
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