Bett

== English == === Etymology === As an English surname, from personal names based on pet forms of Beatrice or Elizabeth, also masculine pet forms of Bertram and Bartholomew. As a German surname from the noun Bett. === Proper noun === Bett (plural Betts) A surname. == Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi. Cognate with German Bett, Dutch bed, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður. === Pronunciation === (eastern Switzerland) IPA(key): /betː/ (western Switzerland) IPA(key): /bɛtː/ === Noun === Bett n (plural Better) bed === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 72. == Bavarian == === Etymology === From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi. Cognate with German Bett, Dutch bed, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður. === Pronunciation === (Northern, Central) IPA(key): /ˈb̥et/ (Southern) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɛt/ === Noun === Bett m (plural Bettn) bed == German == === Alternative forms === Bette (colloquial in eastern Germany; otherwise obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German bet, bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot, grave, resting-place, bed”). Cognate with Low German Bedd, Dutch bed, West Frisian bêd, English bed, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður. Doublet of Beet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === Bett n (mixed, genitive Bettes or Betts, plural Betten, diminutive Bettchen n or Bettlein n) bed (piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on; one's place of sleep or rest) bed (bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Beet === Further reading === “Bett” in Duden online “Bett”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Low German == === Noun === Bett n alternative form of Bedd == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bæt/ === Noun === Bett n (plural Better) bed == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi. Compare German Bett, Dutch bed, English bed. === Noun === Bett n (plural Bedder) bed == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German bat, from Old Saxon bath, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ. === Noun === Bett f (plural Betten) tub