bijten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch biten, from Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt (“to split”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛi̯tə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: bij‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯tən
Verb
bijten
- (transitive) to bite
- Waarom heb je me gebeten?
- Why did you bite me?
- Blaffende honden bijten niet.
- Barking dogs seldom bite. (literally: Barking dogs don't bite.)
Inflection
| Inflection of bijten (strong class 1) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bijten | |||
| past singular | beet | |||
| past participle | gebeten | |||
| infinitive | bijten | |||
| gerund | bijten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bijt | beet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bijt | beet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bijt | beet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bijt | beet | ||
| 3rd person singular | bijt | beet | ||
| plural | bijten | beten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bijte | bete | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bijten | beten | ||
| imperative sing. | bijt | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bijt | |||
| participles | bijtend | gebeten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- afbijten
- bijter
- bijtgraag
- doorbijten
- toebijten
- verbijten
Related terms
- beet
- gebit
Descendants
- Afrikaans: byt