bitte

From Old Norse biti (“beam, girder”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

• IPA^(key): /bit/

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bitte f (plural bittes)

1. (nautical) bitt, bollard, mooring post
2. (slang) Alternative spelling of bite; cock, dick, prick

• → Italian: bitta (see there for further descendants)

• bite

• “bitte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• Tibet

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtə/

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bitte

1. please, if you please (used to make a polite request or affirm an offer)

bitte

1. you're welcome (acknowledgement of thanks)
2. excuse me, sorry (request to repeat information)
3. here you are (when handing something over to someone)
4. (sarcastic) OK then, well then, all right (indication of mock acquiescence to someone's apparent demanding attitude)

• (you're welcome): bitte schön, gern geschehen

• danke

bitte

1. First-person singular present of bitten.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of bitten.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of bitten.
4. Imperative singular of bitten.

• bitte in Duden online

bitte f

1. plural of bitta

bitte

1. locative singular of bit