bitten

Meaning

  1. (class-5, intransitive, strong, transitive) to ask, to beg, to plead, to request
  2. (class-5, strong, transitive) to ask, to invite

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bitte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɪtn̩/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German bitten, from Old High German bitten, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną. Compare Low German bidden, Dutch bidden, English bid, Danish bede.

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