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biten

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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bit +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbitɛn]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ten

Noun

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biten

  1. superessive singular of bit

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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biten

  1. to bite

Inflection

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Strong class 1
Infinitive biten
3rd sg. past bêet
3rd pl. past bēten
Past participle gebēten
Infinitive biten
In genitive bitens
In dative bitene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular bite bêet
2nd singular bijts, bites bēets, bētes
3rd singular bijt, bitet bêet
1st plural biten bēten
2nd plural bijt, bitet bēet, bētet
3rd plural biten bēten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular bite bēte
2nd singular bijts, bites bētes
3rd singular bite bēte
1st plural biten bēten
2nd plural bijt, bitet bētet
3rd plural biten bēten
Imperative Present
Singular bijt, bite
Plural bijt, bitet
Present Past
Participle bitende gebēten

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: bijten
    • Afrikaans: byt
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: biti
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: bet, bit
    • ? Sranan Tongo: beti
  • Limburgish: biete

Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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biten

  1. to bite
Conjugation
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Old English betēon, equivalent to be- +‎ tēn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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biten

  1. Alternative form of biteon

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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biten m

  1. definite singular of bit

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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biten m

  1. definite singular of bit (Etymologies 1 & 2)

Participle

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biten (neuter bite, definite singular and plural bitne)

  1. past participle of bita
  2. past participle of bite

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bīten

  1. plural present subjunctive of bītan

Verb

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biten

  1. plural preterite subjunctive of bītan

Participle

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biten

  1. past participle of bītan

Swedish

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Participle

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biten

  1. past participle of bita

Adjective

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biten

  1. bitten
  2. stung (by a bee, wasp or mosquito)
  3. hooked, addicted (on/to a hobby)

Declension

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Inflection of biten
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular biten
neuter singular bitet
plural bitna
masculine plural2 bitne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bitne
all bitna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

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biten

  1. definite singular of bit

Anagrams

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