biten

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Hungarian

Etymology

bit +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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

Noun

biten

  1. superessive singular of bit

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

Verb

biten

  1. to bite

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive biten
3rd sg. past bêet
3rd pl. past bēten
Past participle bēt
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 bēt

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: bijten
  • Limburgish: biete

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Old English bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split; chop; break down”).

Verb

biten

  1. to bite

Conjugation

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Conjugation of biten (strong class 1)
infinitive (to) biten
indicative present past
1st person singular bite bote
2nd person singular bitest bote, *botest
3rd person singular biteþ, biteth bote
plural biten biten, bote(n)
subjunctive present past
singular bite bote
plural biten biten, bote(n)
imperative present
singular bite
plural biteþ, biteth
participle present past
bitende, bitinge biten, beten

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

biten m

  1. definite singular of bit

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

biten m

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

Swedish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) past participle of bita

Adjective

biten

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

Declension

Inflection of biten
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular biten — —
Neuter singular bitet — —
Plural bitna — —
Masculine plural3 bitne — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bitne — —
All bitna — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Noun

biten

  1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of bit

Anagrams

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