biten
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbitɛn]
- Hyphenation: bi‧ten
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiːtən/
Inflection
Strong class 1 | ||
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Infinitive | biten | |
3rd sg. past | bêet | |
3rd pl. past | bēten | |
Past participle | gebēten | |
Infinitive | biten | |
In genitive | bitens | |
In dative | bitene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | bite | bêet |
2nd singular | bijts, bites | bēets, bētes |
3rd singular | bijt, bitet | bêet |
1st plural | biten | bēten |
2nd plural | bijt, bitet | bēet, bētet |
3rd plural | biten | bēten |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | bite | bēte |
2nd singular | bijts, bites | bētes |
3rd singular | bite | bēte |
1st plural | biten | bēten |
2nd plural | bijt, bitet | bētet |
3rd plural | biten | bēten |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | bijt, bite | |
Plural | bijt, bitet | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | bitende | gebēten |
Descendants
Further reading
- “biten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “biten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiːtən/
Conjugation
Conjugation of biten (strong class 1)
infinitive | (to) biten, bite | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | bite | bot | |
2nd-person singular | bitest | bote, bite, bot | |
3rd-person singular | biteth | bot | |
subjunctive singular | bite | bote1, bite1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | biten, bite | boten, bote, biten, bite | |
imperative plural | biteth, bite | — | |
participles | bitynge, bitende | biten, bite, ybiten, ybite |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Etymology 2
From Old English betēon, equivalent to be- + tēn.
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /bi.ˈtøːn/
- IPA(key): /bi.ˈteːn/
References
- “bīten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Swedish
Declension
Inflection of biten | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | biten | — | — |
Neuter singular | bitet | — | — |
Plural | bitna | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | bitne | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | bitne | — | — |
All | bitna | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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