Beet
English
Proper noun
Beet (plural Beets)
- A surname.
See also
- Beets
Anagrams
- bete
German
Etymology
From Middle High German bette, bete, bet, from Old High German betti, beti (“bed, flower-bed”), from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją. Doublet of Bett (“bed for sleeping”).
The West Germanic noun had simple -d- in the nominative/accusative and geminated -dd- in the oblique cases. This alternation was generally levelled towards the geminate, but variants with a simple consonant survived through Old and Middle High German. The form Beet, which is of Central German origin, likely continues such dialectal forms,[1] though some consider it a late and arbitrary alteration.[2] The semantic distinction from Bett is in any case artificial and dates from the 17th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːt/
Audio (file) - Homophone: bet
Noun
Beet n (strong, genitive Beetes or Beets, plural Beete)
- bed (for plants)
Declension
| 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
- Blumenbeet
- Gartenbeet
Descendants
- → Danish: bed
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Beet”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
- “Beet” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Further reading
- “Beet” in Duden online
- “Beet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Plautdietsch
Noun
Beet f (plural Beete)
- beet