Jump to content

betteln

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Betteln

German

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

    From Middle High German bëtelen, from Old High German bëtalōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bedulōn. Despite superficial similarities in both word shape and meaning, not related to English peddle.

    Pronunciation

    [edit]
    • IPA(key): /ˈbɛtəln/, [ˈbɛtl̩n]
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: bet‧teln

    Verb

    [edit]

    betteln (weak, third-person singular present bettelt, past tense bettelte, past participle gebettelt, auxiliary haben)

    1. to beg (alms), to panhandle
      Synonym: fechten

    Conjugation

    [edit]

    Derived terms

    [edit]
    [edit]

    Further reading

    [edit]
    • “betteln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “betteln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “betteln” in Duden online
    • “betteln” in OpenThesaurus.de