Bett

See also: bett

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bett.

Proper noun

Bett (plural Betts)

1. A surname

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-Germanic *badją. Cognate with German Bett, Dutch bed, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /betː/
• 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.

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German

Alternative forms

• Bette (now colloquial, regional; otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot, grave, resting-place, bed”), perhaps (if originally "dug sleeping-place") from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”). Cognate with Low German Bedd, Dutch bed, West Frisian bêd, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

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  IPA^(key): /das‿bɛt/

Noun

Bett n (genitive Bettes, 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)

Derived terms

• Bett machen
• betten
• Bettgestell
• Betthase
• Betthupferl
• bettlägerig
• Bettlaken
• Bettlektüre
• Bettnässer
• Bettpfanne
• Bettruhe
• Bettwanze
• Bettzeug
• das Bett hüten
• Doppelbett
• einbetten
• umbetten

 

Related terms

• Beet

Further reading

• “Bett” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German betti, from Proto-Germanic *badją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæt/

Noun

Bett n (plural Better)

1. bed

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Bett, Dutch bed, English bed.

Noun

Bett n (plural Bedder)

1. bed