Biest

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See also: biest

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːst/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Via Middle Low German or West Central German from Middle Dutch beest, itself from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

Noun

Biest n (genitive Biestes or Biests, plural Biester)

  1. beast
  2. someone who behaves in an antisocial manner

Declension

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German biest, from Old High German biost. Cognate with Old English bēost (compare beestings) and Old Saxon biost.[1]

Noun

Biest m (genitive Biestes or Biests, no plural)

  1. beestings (first milk of a cow after giving birth)

Declension

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Biest m., Biestmilch f.”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 109

Further reading

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