Besteck

== German == === Etymology === From bestecken (“to provide a thing by inserting it into another thing”), from be- +‎ stecken. Originally referred to a case into which a set of tools was put, later shifting to refer to the tools themselves. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛk/ === Noun === Besteck n (strong, genitive Besteckes or Bestecks, plural Bestecke) (collective) cutlery Hyponyms: Messer, Gabel, Löffel (collective) silverware (medicine) set of instruments (nautical) position of a ship ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: bestek → Norwegian Bokmål: bestikk → Norwegian Nynorsk: bestikk → Serbo-Croatian: beštek === Further reading === “Besteck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Besteck” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Besteck” in Duden online “Besteck” in OpenThesaurus.de Besteck on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de