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biten

biten

Hungarian

Etymology

bit + -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbitɛn]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ten

Noun

biten

  1. superessive singular of bit

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːtən/

Verb

biten

  1. to bite

Conjugation

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Descendants


Middle English

Alternative forms

Verb

biten

  1. bite

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

biten m

  1. definite singular of bit

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

biten m

  1. definite singular of bit (Etymologies 1 & 2)

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of bita.

Adjective

biten

  1. bitten
  2. stung (by a bee, wasp or mosquito)
  3. hooked, addicted (on/to a hobby)

Declension

Inflection of biten
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular biten
Neuter singular bitet
Plural bitna
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bitne
All bitna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Noun

biten

  1. definite singular of bit