Bestie

See also: bestie and bestię

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bestie, from Latin bēstia. Doublet of Biest n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛsti̯ə/, [ˈbɛs.tjə], [ˈbɛs.ti.ə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Bes‧tie

Noun

Bestie f (genitive Bestie, plural Bestien)

1. a wild and very dangerous animal, a beast, monster
2. (figurative) a very cruel person, a monster, fiend (usually a killer, torturer, or rapist)

Usage notes

• Generally not interchangeable with the doublet Biest, which covers the milder senses of English beast, while Bestie covers the harsher ones.

Declension

Declension of Bestie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bestie	die	Bestien
genitive	einer	der	Bestie	der	Bestien
dative	einer	der	Bestie	den	Bestien
accusative	eine	die	Bestie	die	Bestien

Derived terms

• bestialisch

Further reading

• “Bestie” in Duden online
• “Bestie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bestie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon