Beet

See also: beet

German

Etymology

Originally the same as Bett. A late and arbitrary “invention” according to some;[1] tracing back to an Old High German consonant alternation according to others.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beːt/
  • Homophone: bet
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Noun

Beet n (genitive Beetes or Beets, plural Beete)

  1. bed (for plants)

Declension
Declension of Beet
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Beet die Beete
genitive eines des Beetes,
Beets		 der Beete
dative einem dem Beet,
Beete1		 den Beeten
accusative ein das Beet die Beete
1Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Danish: bed

References
  1. http://woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB/?sigle=DWB&mode=Vernetzung&lemid=GB02236
  2. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

Further reading
  • Beet in Duden online

Plautdietsch

Noun

Beet f (plural Beete)

  1. beet
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