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Revision as of 08:50, 21 September 2019
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English bist; equivalent to be + -est. Compare German bist.
Verb
beest
- (archaic) second-person singular present subjunctive of be
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, Scene ii[1]:
- Stephano! if thou beest Stephano, touch me, and speake to me: for I am Trinculo; be not afeard, thy good friend Trinculo.
- a. 1631, John Donne, ‘The Baite’, Poems (1633):
- If thou, to be so seene, beest loath, / By Sunne, or Moone, thou darknest both […].
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, Scene ii[1]:
See also
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch beeste, from beste, from Old French beste, like English beast (which see for more).
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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Noun
beest n (plural beesten, diminutive beestje n)
- An animal, a beast.
- Er zit een beestje in m'n soep.
- There is a bug in my soup.
- Er zit een beestje in m'n soep.
- An animal kept as livestock, a head.
- (figurative) A cruel, wild, uncivilised, uninhibited or brutal person.
- De folteraars van de grenspolitie waren sadistische beesten.
- The torturers of the border police were sadistic beasts.
- Ze is een beest.
- She's a beast in bed.
Usage notes
- Beest has a somewhat negative (or at least savage) connotation, whereas dier is neutral.
- In compounds, beest can have the meaning “someone who enjoys an activity”; compare English animal in party animal and also beast.
Derived terms
- bakbeest
- feestbeest
- hartenbeest
- koebeest
- knuffelbeest
- liegbeest
- onweersbeestje
- podiumbeest
- suikerbeest
- varkensbeest
- wildebeest
- hoe groter geest, hoe groter beest
- beestachtig
- beestenbende
- beestenboel
- beestig
Descendants
- Afrikaans: bees
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
beest
- (deprecated use of
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West Frisian
Pronunciation
Noun
beest n (plural beesten, diminutive beestje or beestke)
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Alternative form of bist
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- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -est
- English non-lemma forms
- English verb forms
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- English auxiliary verb forms
- English second-person singular forms
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old French
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːst
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Dutch terms with usage examples
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Frisian lemmas
- West Frisian nouns
- West Frisian neuter nouns