beißen
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- beyßen, beyssen (obsolete spelling)
- beissen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, sometimes also Luxembourg, South Tyrol)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German bīzen, from Old High German bīzan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt (“to split”).
Cognate with Dutch bijten, Low German bieten, English bite, Danish bide, Swedish bita.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beißen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present beißt, past tense biss, past participle gebissen, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to bite
- (transitive or intransitive) to sting; to burn; to be sharp; to be spicy
- (reflexive, slightly informal, of colors and clothes) to clash; to jar
Usage notes
[edit]- In English, bloodsuckers are said to “bite”. In German, beißen is generally used with crawling bloodsuckers only, while stechen (“to sting”) is used with flying bloodsuckers. Thus, you speak of a Flohbiss (“flea bite”), but a Mückenstich (“mosquito bite”).
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | beißen | ||||
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present participle | beißend | ||||
past participle | gebissen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich beiße | wir beißen | i | ich beiße | wir beißen |
du beißt | ihr beißt | du beißest | ihr beißet | ||
er beißt | sie beißen | er beiße | sie beißen | ||
preterite | ich biss | wir bissen | ii | ich bisse1 | wir bissen1 |
du bissest du bisst |
ihr bisst | du bissest1 du bisst1 |
ihr bisset1 ihr bisst1 | ||
er biss | sie bissen | er bisse1 | sie bissen1 | ||
imperative | beiß (du) beiße (du) |
beißt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- abbeißen
- anbeißen
- aufbeißen
- ausbeißen
- Beißen
- beißend
- Beißer
- Biss
- draufbeißen
- durchbeißen
- entzweibeißen
- festbeißen
- herumbeißen
- herunterbeißen
- hineinbeißen
- Hunde, die bellen, beißen nicht
- kaputtbeißen
- losbeißen
- nachbeißen
- reinbeißen
- rumbeißen
- runterbeißen
- totbeißen
- verbeißen
- wegbeißen
- zerbeißen
- zubeißen
- zurechtbeißen
- zurückbeißen
Further reading
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- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyd-
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
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