beest

Alternative forms

• bist

Etymology

From Old English bist, see be +‎ -est. Compare German bist.

Verb

beest

1. (chiefly subjunctive) (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of be
   • 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):

     Stephano: if thou beest Stephano, touch me, and speake to me: for I am Trinculo; be not afeard, thy good friend Trinculo.

   • a. 1631, John Donne, ‘Witchcraft by a picture’, Poems (1633):

     If thou, to be so seene, beest loath, / By Sunne, or Moone, thou darknest both […].

See also

Anagrams

• Beste, beets, beset, tsebe

Etymology

From Old French beste, like English beast (which see for more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːst/

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• Rhymes: -eːst

Noun

beest n (plural beesten, diminutive beestje n)

1. animal, beast

   Er zit een beestje in m'n soep.

   There is a bug in my soup.

2. animal kept as livestock, head
3. (figuratively) cruel or brutal person

Anagrams

• beste