biet

See also: biết and biệt

Danish

Verb

biet

1. past participle of bie

Dutch

Alternative forms

• beet

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bit/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: biet
• Rhymes: -it
• Homophones: beat, bied, biedt

Noun

biet f (plural bieten, diminutive bietje n)

1. beet, beetroot plant or tuber of the genus Beta, esp. Beta vulgaris

Derived terms

• bietenburger
• bietensap
• bietensoep
• rode biet
• snijbiet
• suikerbiet
• voederbiet

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: beet
• → Indonesian: bit

Further reading

• biet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːt/
• Homophone: Beat

Verb

biet

1. singular imperative of bieten
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of bieten

Luxembourgish

Verb

biet

1. inflection of bieden:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular/plural imperative

Maltese

Root
b-j-t
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَاتَ (bāta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪːt/

Verb

biet (imperfect jbit, past participle mibjut)

1. to spend the night, to stay overnight

Conjugation

Conjugation of biet
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	bitt	bitt	biet		bitna	bittu	bietu
	f			bietet
imperfect	m	nbit	tbit	jbit		nbitu	tbitu	jbitu
	f			tbit
imperative			bit				bitu

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi͜yːt/

Verb

bīet

1. third-person singular present indicative of bēatan

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Most probably from Latin vetus (in which case it is related to bătrân (“old”)), via the sense of 'poor old'. Perhaps semantically influenced by Slavic *bědьnъ (“poor”), if not entirely derived from it. Compare Italian vieto (“old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjet/

• Audio:

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Adjective

biet m or n (feminine singular biată, masculine plural bieți, feminine and neuter plural biete)

1. poor, unhappy, sad

   Bietul băiat! ― Poor boy!

Usage notes

Unlike most adjectives, biet can only be used before the noun it modifies.

Declension

Declension of biet

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	biet		biată	bieți	biete
	definite	bietul		biata	bieții	bietele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	biet		biete	bieți	biete
	definite	bietului		bietei	bieților	bietelor

Swedish

Noun

biet

1. definite singular of bi

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈet/

Noun

biet (nominative plural biets)

1. bitterness

Declension

declension of biet

	singular	plural
nominative	biet	biets
genitive	bieta	bietas
dative	biete	bietes
accusative	bieti	bietis
vocative 1	o biet!	o biets!
predicative 2	bietu	bietus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

See also

• bied