biten

bit +‎ -en

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

biten

1. superessive singular of bit

From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtən/

biten

1. to bite

Strong class 1
Infinitive	biten
3rd sg. past	bêet
3rd pl. past	bēten
Past participle	gebēten
Infinitive	biten
In genitive	bitens
In dative	bitene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	bite	bêet
2nd singular	bijts, bites	bēets, bētes
3rd singular	bijt, bitet	bêet
1st plural	biten	bēten
2nd plural	bijt, bitet	bēet, bētet
3rd plural	biten	bēten
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	bite	bēte
2nd singular	bijts, bites	bētes
3rd singular	bite	bēte
1st plural	biten	bēten
2nd plural	bijt, bitet	bētet
3rd plural	biten	bēten
Imperative	Present
Singular	bijt, bite
Plural	bijt, bitet
	Present	Past
Participle	bitende	gebēten

• bitinge
• gebiten
• ontbiten
• tebiten
• verbiten
• wēderbiten

• Dutch: bijten
  • Afrikaans: byt
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: biti
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: bet, bit
  • →? Sranan Tongo: beti
• Limburgish: biete

• “biten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “biten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From Old English bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.

• byte, byten, bite, bight

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtən/

biten

1. to bite

• English: bite
• Scots: bite

From Old English betēon, equivalent to be- +‎ tēn.

• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /bi.ˈtøːn/
• IPA^(key): /bi.ˈteːn/

biten

1. Alternative form of biteon

• “bīten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

biten m

1. definite singular of bit

biten m

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

biten (neuter bite, definite singular and plural bitne)

1. past participle of bita
2. past participle of bite

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ten/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ten/

bīten

1. plural present subjunctive of bītan

biten

1. plural preterite subjunctive of bītan

biten

1. past participle of bītan

biten

1. past participle of bita

biten

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

Inflection of biten
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	biten	—	—
Neuter singular	bitet	—	—
Plural	bitna	—	—
Masculine plural3	bitne	—	—
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 the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

biten

1. definite singular of bit

• bitne