Beet

See also: beet

German

Etymology

Originally the same as Bett. A late and arbitrary “invention” according to some;[1] tracing back to an Old High German consonant alternation according to others.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːt/
  • Homophone: bet
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Beet n (genitive Beetes or Beets, plural Beete)

  1. bed (for plants)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ http://woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB/?sigle=DWB&mode=Vernetzung&lemid=GB02236
  2. ↑ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Beet in Duden online

Plautdietsch

Noun

Beet f (plural Beete)

  1. beet
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