Feminine
Meaning

request, plea

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bitt

Zürich

Zürich

bitte

Zürich

Zürich

gfelig

Zürich

Zürich

pitti

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɪtə/
Etymology

In summary

Alteration (after the verb bitten) of obsolete Bete, from Middle High German bete, from Old High German beta, from Proto-Germanic *bedō. Doublet of Bede. Cognate with Dutch bede.

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