Bete

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See also: bete, bète, and bête

German

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Low German bête, from Old Saxon *bēta, from Proto-West Germanic *bētā (beet).

Noun

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Bete f (genitive Bete, plural Beten)

  1. beet; chiefly in Rote Bete
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Etymology 2

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From Middle High German bete, from Old High German beta, from Proto-Germanic *bedō.

Noun

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Bete f (genitive Bete, plural Beten)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Bitte (plea, request)
  2. (obsolete) Alternative form of Bede (kind of historic tax)

Further reading

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  • Bete” in Duden online
  • Bete” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache