bitten

Morphologically bit +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtən/, /ˈbɪtn̩/

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  Rhymes: -ɪtən

bitten

1. past participle of bite

   My dog has never bitten anyone before.

• BITNET, Bettin, bettin'

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• Rhymes: -ɪtən

bitten

1. plural of bit

From Middle High German bitten, from Old High German bitten, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan. Compare Low German bidden, Dutch bidden, English bid, Danish bede.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtn̩/, /ˈbɪtən/

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• Hyphenation: bit‧ten

bitten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present bittet, past tense bat, past participle gebeten, past subjunctive bäte, auxiliary haben)

1. (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’]

   Wir lieben euch–Entschuldigt–Wir bitten um Verzeihung–Vielen Dank

   We love you. We are sorry. We plead for your pardon. Many thanks.

2. (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

• abbitten
• Bitten

• “bitten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bitten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “bitten” in Duden online
• “bitten” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, whence also Old Saxon biddian, Old English biddan, Old Norse biðja, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan).

bitten

1. to ask

• Middle High German: bitten
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: pittan

    Mòcheno: pitten

  • German: bitten
  • Yiddish: ביטן (bitn)

bitten

1. ablative singular of bit