bitten
See also: Bitten
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪtən/, /ˈbɪtn̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪtən
Derived terms
- bittenness
- once bitten, twice shy
- unbitten
German
Etymology
From Middle High German bitten, from Old High German bitten, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan. Compare Low German bidden, Dutch bidden, English bid, Danish bede.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪtn̩/, /ˈbɪtən/
audio (file) audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: bit‧ten
Verb
bitten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present bittet, past tense bat, past participle gebeten, past subjunctive bäte, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | bitten | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | bittend | ||||
past participle | gebeten | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bitte | wir bitten | i | ich bitte | wir bitten |
du bittest | ihr bittet | du bittest | ihr bittet | ||
er bittet | sie bitten | er bitte | sie bitten | ||
preterite | ich bat | wir baten | ii | ich bäte1 | wir bäten1 |
du batest du batst |
ihr batet | du bätest1 | ihr bätet1 | ||
er bat | sie baten | er bäte1 | sie bäten1 | ||
imperative | bitt (du) bitte (du) |
bittet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, whence also Old Saxon biddian, Old English biddan, Old Norse biðja, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan).
Conjugation
Conjugation of bittan (strong class 5)
infinitive | bittan | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | bittu, bitto | bat |
2nd person singular | bittis, bittist | bāti |
3rd person singular | bittit | bat |
1st person plural | bittem, bittemēs | bātum, bātumēs |
2nd person plural | bittet | bātut |
3rd person plural | bittant | bātun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | bitte | bāti |
2nd person singular | bittēs, bittēst | bātīs, bātīst |
3rd person singular | bitte | bāti |
1st person plural | bittēm, bittemēs | bātīm, bātīmēs |
2nd person plural | bittēt | bātīt |
3rd person plural | bittēn | bātīn |
imperative | present | |
singular | bitti | |
plural | bittet | |
participle | present | past |
bittanti | gibëtan |
Turkish
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