Bett

See also: bett

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, from personal names based on pet forms of Beatrice or Elizabeth, also masculine pet forms of Bertram and Bartholomew.
• As a German surname from the noun Bett.

Proper noun

Bett (plural Betts)

1. A surname.

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi.

Cognate with German Bett, Dutch bed, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður.

Pronunciation

• (eastern Switzerland) IPA^(key): /betː/
• (western Switzerland) IPA^(key): /bɛtː/

Noun

Bett n (plural Better)

1. bed

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 72.

German

1. ein Bett

Alternative forms

• Bette (colloquial in eastern Germany; otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot, grave, resting-place, bed”).

Cognate with Low German Bedd, Dutch bed, West Frisian bêd, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður. Doublet of Beet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

Bett n (mixed, genitive Bettes or Betts, plural Betten, diminutive Bettchen n or Bettlein n)

1. bed (piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on; one's place of sleep or rest)
2. bed (bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river)

Declension

Declension of Bett [neuter, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bett	die	Betten
genitive	eines	des	Bettes, Betts	der	Betten
dative	einem	dem	Bett, Bette1	den	Betten
accusative	ein	das	Bett	die	Betten

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Doppelbett
• Ehebett
• Federbett
• Feldbett
• Flussbett
• Gleisbett
• Himmelbett
• Intensivbett
• Kindbett
• Krankenbett
• Lotterbett
• Prokrustesbett
• Sterbebett
• Wochenbett

 

Derived terms

• Bettchen
• betten
• bettlägerig
• einbetten
• umbetten

 

Related terms

• Bett machen
• Bettdecke
• Bettenbelegung
• Bettenburg
• Bettenschubse
• Bettgeflüster
• Bettgenosse
• Bettgeschichte
• Bettgespielin
• Bettgestell
• Betthase
• Betthupferl
• Bettlaken
• Bettlektüre
• Bettnässer
• Bettpfanne
• Bettruhe
• Bettwanze
• Bettzeug
• das Bett hüten

 

Related terms

• Beet

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæt/

Noun

Bett n (plural Better)

1. bed

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi.

Compare German Bett, Dutch bed, English bed.

Noun

Bett n (plural Bedder)

1. bed

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German bat, from Old Saxon bath, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ.

Noun

Bett f (plural Betten)

1. tub