bitten
See also: Bitten
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editbitten
- past participle of bite
- My dog has never bitten anyone before.
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editNoun
editbitten
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German bitten, from Old High German bitten, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną. Compare Low German bidden, Dutch bidden, English bid, Danish bede.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbitten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present bittet, past tense bat, past participle gebeten, past subjunctive bäte, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to ask, to beg, to plead, to request [(optional) with accusative or bei (+ dative) ‘someone’, along with um (+ accusative) ‘for something, e.g. help, understanding, pardon, the next dance, etc.’; or (dated) with accusative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘for something’; or with accusative ‘someone’, along with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’ or dass (+ clause) ‘that someone do something’]
- Wir lieben euch–Entschuldigt–Wir bitten um Verzeihung–Vielen Dank
- We love you. We are sorry. We plead for your pardon. Many thanks.
- (transitive) to ask, to invite [with accusative ‘someone’, along with auf (+ accusative) ‘to something, e.g. (to have) a glass of wine’ or zu (+ dative) ‘to something, e.g. to dinner, to the table, etc.’ or in (+ accusative) ‘somewhere, e.g. (to come) into a room’]
- auf ein Bier bitten ― to invite (someone) to have a beer
- ins Zimmer bitten ― to invite (someone) to come in (literally, “to invite (someone) into a room”)
- zu Tisch bitten ― to invite (someone) to the table
Conjugation
editinfinitive | bitten | ||||
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present participle | bittend | ||||
past participle | gebeten | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bitte | wir bitten | i | ich bitte | wir bitten |
du bittest | ihr bittet | du bittest | ihr bittet | ||
er bittet | sie bitten | er bitte | sie bitten | ||
preterite | ich bat | wir baten | ii | ich bäte1 | wir bäten1 |
du batest du batst |
ihr batet | du bätest1 | ihr bätet1 | ||
er bat | sie baten | er bäte1 | sie bäten1 | ||
imperative | bitt (du) bitte (du) |
bittet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editOld High German
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, whence also Old Saxon biddian, Old English biddan, Old Norse biðja, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan).
Verb
editbitten
- to ask
Conjugation
editConjugation of bittan (strong class 5)
infinitive | bittan | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | bittu, bitto | bat |
2nd person singular | bittis, bittist | bāti |
3rd person singular | bittit | bat |
1st person plural | bittem, bittemēs | bātum, bātumēs |
2nd person plural | bittet | bātut |
3rd person plural | bittant | bātun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | bitte | bāti |
2nd person singular | bittēs, bittēst | bātīs, bātīst |
3rd person singular | bitte | bāti |
1st person plural | bittēm, bittemēs | bātīm, bātīmēs |
2nd person plural | bittēt | bātīt |
3rd person plural | bittēn | bātīn |
imperative | present | |
singular | bitti | |
plural | bittet | |
participle | present | past |
bittanti | gibëtan |
Descendants
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