besser

Meaning

👍
gut

bessern

to improve, to better

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

besser

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

besser

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

besser

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

besser

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

besser

Graubünden

Graubünden

besser

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɛsɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German beȥȥer, from Old High German beȥȥiro, from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *batizô. Cognates Cognate with Low German beter, Dutch beter, West Frisian better, English better, Danish bedre, Sanskrit भद्र (bhadrá, “blessed, fortunate, happy, good”).

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