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Beet

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See also: beet, bèèt, and be- -et

English

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Proper noun

Beet (plural Beets)

  1. A surname.

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East Central German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bête

Noun

Beet f or n

  1. (High Prussian) fine after losing a card game.
    • 1938, Walther Ziesemer, Preußisches Wörterbuch: Sprache und Volkstum Nordostdeutschlands. 9-15. Entry "Bete".‎:
      Ech muss beet zoahle....
      I have to pay "beet"...
  2. (High Prussian, figuratively, adjectival) losing a card game.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German bēte, compare German Bete.

Noun

Beet f

  1. (High Prussian) beet
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German

Low German

Plautdietsch

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