Basque

Adjective

beste

1. other

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

beste

1. Inflected form of best, the superlative of goed

Anagrams

• beest

German

Adjective

beste

1. inflected form of besten

Middle English

Adjective

beste

1. best

Descendants

• English: best

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

Noun

beste f (plural bestes)

1. beast, animal

Descendants

• French: bête

Northern Sami

Verb

beste

1. inflection of beastit:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

beste

1. definite superlative of god
2. definite superlative of bra

Noun

beste n

1. det beste - the best

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

beste

1. definite superlative of god
2. definite superlative of bra

Derived terms

• bestefar
• bestemor
• besteven, bestevenn
• besteveninne, bestevenninne

Old French

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned term borrowed partly from Latin bēstia. Compare bisse (modern French biche), which was popularly inherited from a variant (bīstia) of the same word. An alternative hypothesis derives beste from an unattested Vulgar Latin variant form *bēsta (deduced through a supposed diminutive form bēstula), though this is unlikely as it would assume there was a second popular variant of bēstia (bīstia being well attested).

Noun

beste f ‎(oblique plural bestes, nominative singular beste, nominative plural bestes)

1. beast, animal

Descendants

• English: beast (borrowed)
• Middle French: beste
  • French: bête
• Norman: baête (continental Normandy), bête (Jersey, Guernsey), beet (Sark)