bei

bei

1. sick, ill

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

• IPA^(key): [ᵐbei]

bei

1. to fall

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

bei

1. water

• Sidney Herbert Ray, A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages (2014), page 481: Bauro bei "water"

From Old High German bī.

• IPA^(key): /bei̯/

bei (+ dative or accusative)

1. (most dialects) at; with; by; near; (close) to

   Jank bei der Wage on waat do op mich!

   Go to the car and wait there for me!

• derbei
• beim, bem (contraction with the masculine and neuter dative of the definite article)

• IPA^(key): /bɛi̯/
• Hyphenation: bei
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯

From Middle Dutch baye, a borrowing from Old French baie, baia, from Latin bāca.

bei f (plural beien, diminutive beitje n)

1. (obsolete) berry

• bes
• bezie

• aambei
• aardbei
• moerbei

Borrowed from Turkish bey.

bei n (plural beien)

1. (historical) bey, beg (historical Turkish official)

• beg

From English bye.

• IPA^(key): /paiːj/
• Rhymes: -aiːj

bei

1. bye, goodbye

From Middle High German bī, from Old High German bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi. More at by.

• IPA^(key): /baɪ̯/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

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bei (+ dative)

1. (locative) by; near

   die Bank bei der Kirche ― the bench/bank by the church

   die Bäckerei beim Bahnhof ― the bakery near the train station

2. (with a person, family, shop) at

   Ich schlafe bei Peter. ― I’m sleeping at Peter’s [place].

   Ich bin beim Metzger. ― I'm at the butcher’s.

3. (with an organization or company) for; at; in

   bei der Firma arbeiten ― to work for the firm

   das Arbeitsklima bei Schmidt & Co.

   the working atmosphere at Schmidt & Co.

4. (formal, reflexive) with; on

   Er hat es nicht bei sich. ― He doesn’t have it on him.

   → for which usually: Er hat es nicht dabei.

5. (with an event considered certain) upon, at the time of

   bei Abfahrt des Zuges ― upon departure of the train

6. (with an event considered theoretical) in case of, in the event of

   bei Hochwasser ― in case of flooding

7. (with a continuing activity or condition) during; while; during the existence of

   bei der Arbeit ― during work

   beim Lesen des Textes ― while reading the text

   bei Schnee ― when there is snow

8. (with an item that implies an activity) over; during

   bei einem Glas Wein ― over a glass of wine (that is, while drinking it)

   bei einem Film ― during a film (that is, while watching it)

9. (dated, in a postal address) care of

   Frau Tina Müller bei Firma Schmidt & Co. ― Mrs Tina Müller, care of Schmidt & Co.

10. (now dialectal, nonstandard, western and northern Germany, with accusative) with, to, towards

    Leg dat bei die andern Sachen! ― Put that with the other things!

    Komm ma bei mich! ― Come to me!

• When bei is followed by the definite article dem (“the”), the two words contract to beim. However, when dem is a demonstrative pronoun, no contraction occurs. Compare:

Der Baum steht zu nah beim Haus. – “The tree is too close to the house.”

Der Baum steht zu nah bei dem Haus da hinten. – “The tree is too close to that house over there.”

• (with, to, towards): In many dialects, and historically in literary style, bei could express movement, requiring then the accusative case. This is in conflict with modern standard rules, for which reason this use of the preposition is becoming rare. In adverbial constructions, however, bei and dabei expressing movement are still fairly common in regional speech: Kommt noch was dabei? (“Do you want anything else with that?”) Sie können Sie sich hier ruhig beisetzen. (“You may come sit here with us.”) The standard language proper normally uses dazu in such cases, but it does feature some relicts in compounds such as herbei, beiseite, beilegen, beitreten, etc. Compare also the idiom Butter bei die Fische. Compare further Dutch bij for which all such constructions are perfectly standard.

• (bei + dem) beim

• bei in Duden online

bei

1. Masculine plural of bello before a consonant

bei

1. second-person singular present indicative of beare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of beare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of beare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of beare
5. third-person singular imperative of beare

bei

1. Rōmaji transcription of べい

• bäi

From Old High German bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

• IPA^(key): /bai̯/, [bɑɪ]

  Rhymes: -ɑɪ

  Homophone: Bei

bei

1. by, next to, near

   De Schlëssel läit bei der Dier.

   The key is by the door.

2. at, to (the home or workplace of someone)

   Gëschter den Nomëtteg sinn ech bei den Dokter gaangen.

   Yesterday afternoon I went to the doctor's.

3. with

   Wunns du nach bei dengen Elteren?

   Do you still live with your parents?

4. during

• The term bei is usually used with the dative case, unless it is used to express movement towards a particular place, then the accusative case is used.

bei (Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄟ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 唄, 呗
2. Pinyin transcription of 臂

bei

1. Nonstandard spelling of bēi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of běi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of bèi.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

bei

1. water

• Ying Shing Anthony Chung, A Descriptive Grammar of Merei (Vanuatu) (2005)

Compare German bei, Dutch bij, English by.

bei

1. near
2. at, at the house of
3. amidst, among
4. by
5. in
6. with
7. during

bei m (plural beis)

1. bey (governor of a Turkish dominion)

• IPA^(key): [bej]

bei

1. second-person singular present indicative of bea

   ce bei?

   what are you drinking?

2. second-person singular present subjunctive of bea

   vrei să bei ceva?

   do you want to drink something?

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

bei

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

From Arabic بَيْع‎ (bayʿ).

bei (n class, plural bei)

1. price (cost required to gain possession of something)

a bei

1. by