bitten

== English == === Etymology === Morphologically bit +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪtn̩/ Rhymes: -ɪtən === Verb === bitten past participle of bite ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === bitten (not comparable) That has received a bite. (botany) Abruptly cut off, as roots or leaves may be. Synonym: premorse === Anagrams === BITNET, Bettin, bettin' == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪtən === Noun === bitten plural of bit == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bitten, from Old High German bitten, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną. Compare Low German bidden, Dutch bidden, English bid, Danish bede. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪtn̩/, /ˈbɪtən/ Hyphenation: bit‧ten === Verb === bitten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present bittet, past tense bat, past participle gebeten, past subjunctive bäte, auxiliary haben) (transitive or intransitive) to ask, to beg, to plead, to request [(optional) with accusative or bei (+ dative) ‘someone’, along with um (+ accusative) ‘for something, e.g. help, understanding, pardon, the next dance, etc.’; or (dated) with accusative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘for something’; or with accusative ‘someone’, along with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’ or dass (+ clause) ‘that someone do something’] (transitive) to ask, to invite [with accusative ‘someone’, along with auf (+ accusative) ‘to something, e.g. (to have) a glass of wine’ or zu (+ dative) ‘to something, e.g. to dinner, to the table, etc.’ or in (+ accusative) ‘somewhere, e.g. (to come) into a room’] auf ein Bier bitten ― to invite (someone) to have a beer ins Zimmer bitten ― to invite (someone) to come in (literally, “to invite (someone) into a room”) zu Tisch bitten ― to invite (someone) to the table ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bitten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bitten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bitten” in Duden online “bitten” in OpenThesaurus.de == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, whence also Old Saxon biddian, Old English biddan, Old Norse biðja, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan). === Verb === bitten to ask ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: bitten Bavarian: Cimbrian: pittan Mòcheno: pitten German: bitten Yiddish: ביטן (bitn) == Turkish == === Noun === bitten ablative singular of bit