Bett

Meaning

1. (mixed,neuter) bed (piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on; one's place of sleep or rest)
2. (mixed,neuter) bed (bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river)

Concepts

bed

couch

bottom

confined to bed

alcove

padding

sickbed

sole

hammock

bier

stretcher

berth

bedstead

bunk

setting

sleeper

sleeping-accomodation

sleeping-place

socket

river bed

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɛt/

Etymology

From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot, grave, resting-place, bed”).
Cognate with Low German Bedd, Dutch bed, West Frisian bêd, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður. Doublet of Beet.

Sentences

So langsam gehen alle zu Bett .

Everyone is slowly going to bed.