bitte

See also: Bitte

English

Noun

bitte (plural bittes)

1. Obsolete form of bit.

French

Etymology

From Old Norse biti (“beam, girder”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bit/

• Audio:

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Noun

bitte f (plural bittes)

1. (nautical) bitt, bollard, mooring post
2. (slang) alternative spelling of bite; cock, dick, prick

Derived terms

• bitte d'amarrage

Descendants

• → Italian: bitta
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: bȉtva

    Cyrillic script: би̏тва

See also

• bite

Further reading

• “bitte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• Tibet

German

Etymology

Ellipsis of ich bitte (dich/Sie) (“I beg (you)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtə/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adverb

bitte

1. please, if you please (used to make a polite request or affirm an offer)

Interjection

bitte

1. you're welcome (acknowledgement of thanks)

   Synonyms: bitte schön, gern geschehen

2. excuse me, sorry (request to repeat information)

   Synonym: Entschuldigung

3. here you are (when handing something over to someone)
4. (sarcastic) OK then, well then, all right (indication of mock acquiescence to someone's apparent demanding attitude)

See also

• danke

Verb

bitte

1. inflection of bitten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Further reading

• “bitte” in Duden online
• “bitte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Anagrams

• Tibet

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit.te/
• Rhymes: -itte
• Hyphenation: bìt‧te

Noun

bitte f

1. plural of bitta

Middle English

Etymology 1

From the oblique cases of Old English byt, bytt, from Proto-West Germanic *buttjā, from Late Latin buttia, likely borrowed from Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia), plural of βούττιον (boúttion), diminutive of βοῦττις (boûttis, “vessel”).

Alternative forms

• bit, bite
• butte (AB language)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbut(ə)/ (West Midland)

Noun

bitte (plural bittes)

1. A flexible container for water or wine; a waterskin or wineskin.
2. (rare) The uterus or womb (as a "container" for the fetus)

Descendants

• >? English: butt

References

• “bit(te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

bitte

1. alternative form of bite

Turkish

Noun

bitte

1. locative singular of bit