betten
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Bett (“bed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]betten (weak, third-person singular present bettet, past tense bettete, past participle gebettet, auxiliary haben)
- to bed (place in a bed)
- 1930, “act 2, scene 5”, in Bertolt Brecht (lyrics), Kurt Weil (music), Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny:
- Denn wie man sich bettet, so liegt man, / es deckt einen da keiner da zu / und wenn einer tritt, dann bin ich es / und wird einer getreten, dann bist du‘s.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | betten | ||||
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present participle | bettend | ||||
past participle | gebettet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bette | wir betten | i | ich bette | wir betten |
du bettest | ihr bettet | du bettest | ihr bettet | ||
er bettet | sie betten | er bette | sie betten | ||
preterite | ich bettete | wir betteten | ii | ich bettete1 | wir betteten1 |
du bettetest | ihr bettetet | du bettetest1 | ihr bettetet1 | ||
er bettete | sie betteten | er bettete1 | sie betteten1 | ||
imperative | bett (du) bette (du) |
bettet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “betten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “betten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “betten” in Duden online
- “betten” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle English
[edit]Verb
[edit]betten
- Alternative form of beten (“to fix”)
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]betten
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