Beet

See also: beet, bèèt, and be- -et

English

Proper noun

Beet (plural Beets)

1. A surname.

See also

• Beets

Anagrams

• bete

East Central German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːt/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bête

Noun

Beet f or n

1. (High Prussian) fine after losing a card game.
   • 1938, Walther Ziesemer, Preußisches Wörterbuch: Sprache und Volkstum Nordostdeutschlands. 9-15. Entry "Bete".‎^[1]:

     Ech muss beet zoahle....

     I have to pay "beet"...

2. (High Prussian, figuratively, adjectival) losing a card game.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German bēte, compare German Bete.

Noun

Beet f

1. (High Prussian) beet

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bette, bete, bet, from Old High German betti, beti (“bed, flower-bed”), from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją. Doublet of Bett (“bed for sleeping”).

The West Germanic noun had simple -d- in the nominative/accusative and geminated -dd- in the oblique cases. This alternation was generally levelled towards the geminate, but variants with a simple consonant survived through Old and Middle High German. The form Beet, which is of Central German origin, likely continues such dialectal forms, though some consider it a late and arbitrary alteration. The semantic distinction from Bett is in any case artificial and dates from the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːt/

• Audio

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• Homophone: bet

Noun

Beet n (strong, genitive Beetes or Beets, plural Beete)

1. bed (for plants)

Declension

Declension of Beet [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Beet	die	Beete
genitive	eines	des	Beetes, Beets	der	Beete
dative	einem	dem	Beet, Beete1	den	Beeten
accusative	ein	das	Beet	die	Beete

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Blumenbeet
• Gartenbeet

 

Descendants

• → Danish: bed

Further reading

• “Beet” in Duden online
• “Beet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːt/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bête

Noun

Beet f or n

1. (low Prussian) fine after losing a card game.
2. (low Prussian, figuratively, adjectival) losing a card game.
   • 1938, Walther Ziesemer, Preußisches Wörterbuch: Sprache und Volkstum Nordostdeutschlands. 9-15. Entry "Bete".‎^[2]:

     He ös beet

     He has lost the game

Etymology 2

Middle Low German bēte, compare German Bete.

Noun

Beet f

1. (Low Prussian) beet

Plautdietsch

Noun

Beet f (plural Beete)

1. beet