Bete

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtə/
• Rhymes: -eːtə

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• Homophones: bete, Beete

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

Bete f (genitive Bete, plural Beten)

1. beet; chiefly in Rote Bete

• Beete

• Rote Bete

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

Bete f (genitive Bete, plural Beten)

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

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