Neuter
Besteck
- (collective, neuter, strong) cutlery
- (collective, neuter, strong) silverware
- (neuter, strong) set of instruments
- (neuter, strong) position of a ship
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈʃtɛk/
Etymology
From bestecken (“to provide a thing by inserting it into another thing”), from be- + stecken. Originally referred to a case into which a set of tools was put, later shifting to refer to the tools themselves.
Tischbesteck
Zober
couverts
foedraal
alveus
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