bijten

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch biten, from Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt (to split).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛi̯tə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: bij‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯tən

Verb

bijten

  1. (transitive) to bite
    Waarom heb je me gebeten?
    Why did you bite me?
    Blaffende honden bijten niet.
    Barking dogs seldom bite. (literally: Barking dogs don't bite.)

Inflection

Inflection of bijten (strong class 1)
infinitive bijten
past singular beet
past participle gebeten
infinitive bijten
gerund bijten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bijtbeet
2nd person sing. (jij) bijtbeet
2nd person sing. (u) bijtbeet
2nd person sing. (gij) bijtbeet
3rd person singular bijtbeet
plural bijtenbeten
subjunctive sing.1 bijtebete
subjunctive plur.1 bijtenbeten
imperative sing. bijt
imperative plur.1 bijt
participles bijtendgebeten
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: byt
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: biti
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: bet, bit
  • ? Sranan Tongo: beti
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