biten
Hungarian
Etymology
bit + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbitɛn]
- Hyphenation: bi‧ten
Noun
biten
- superessive singular of bit
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiːtən/
Verb
biten
- to bite
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | biten | |
| 3rd sg. past | bêet | |
| 3rd pl. past | bēten | |
| Past participle | gebēten | |
| Infinitive | biten | |
| In genitive | bitens | |
| In dative | bitene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | bite | bêet |
| 2nd singular | bijts, bites | bēets, bētes |
| 3rd singular | bijt, bitet | bêet |
| 1st plural | biten | bēten |
| 2nd plural | bijt, bitet | bēet, bētet |
| 3rd plural | biten | bēten |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | bite | bēte |
| 2nd singular | bijts, bites | bētes |
| 3rd singular | bite | bēte |
| 1st plural | biten | bēten |
| 2nd plural | bijt, bitet | bētet |
| 3rd plural | biten | bēten |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | bijt, bite | |
| Plural | bijt, bitet | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | bitende | gebēten |
Derived terms
- bitinge
- gebiten
- ontbiten
- tebiten
- verbiten
- wēderbiten
Descendants
- Dutch: bijten
- Limburgish: biete
Further reading
- “biten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “biten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.
Alternative forms
- byte, byten, bite, bight
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiːtən/
Verb
biten
- to bite
Conjugation
Conjugation of biten (strong class 1)
| infinitive | (to) biten, bite | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | bite | bot | |
| 2nd-person singular | bitest | bote, bite, bot | |
| 3rd-person singular | biteth | bot | |
| subjunctive singular | bite | bote1, bite1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | biten, bite | boten, bote, biten, bite | |
| imperative plural | biteth, bite | — | |
| participles | bitynge, bitende | biten, bite, ybiten, ybite | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: bite
- Scots: bite
Etymology 2
From Old English betēon, equivalent to be- + tēn.
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /bi.ˈtøːn/
- IPA(key): /bi.ˈteːn/
Verb
biten
- Alternative form of biteon
References
- “bīten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
biten m
- definite singular of bit
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
biten m
- definite singular of bit (Etymologies 1 & 2)
Participle
biten (neuter bite, definite singular and plural bitne)
- past participle of bita
- past participle of bite
Swedish
Etymology
past participle of bita.
Adjective
biten
- bitten
- stung (by a bee, wasp or mosquito)
- hooked, addicted (on/to a hobby)
Declension
| Inflection of biten | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | biten | — | — |
| Neuter singular | bitet | — | — |
| Plural | bitna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | bitne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | bitne | — | — |
| All | bitna | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Noun
biten
- definite singular of bit.
Anagrams
- bitne