bedeuten
- (transitive, weak) to imply, to mean, to signify, to indicate, to spell, to betoken
- (ditransitive, weak) to signify to, to have meaning to
- (transitive, weak) to signify, to represent, to denote (To have a certain meaning (when translated, deciphered, etc.)
- (dated, transitive, weak) to give someone something to understand, to signal, to motion (by gestures, facial expressions, words, etc.)
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
bidytte
Zürich
bedüüte
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈdɔɪ̯tn̩/
Etymology
From Middle High German bediuten, betiuten, from Old High German bidiuten. Equivalent to be- + deuten.
Related words
schließen lassen auf
versinnbildlichen
zur Folge haben
ankundigen
umhalsen
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