Beute

See also: beute

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔʏ̯tə/

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• Hyphenation: Beu‧te

Etymology 1

From late Middle High German biute, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also the forms in other languages like Dutch buit, English booty, French butin. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.

Noun

Beute f (genitive Beute, plural Beuten)

1. booty; spoils; haul (something robbed)
2. prey; quarry (that which is hunted by animals or people)

Declension

Declension of Beute [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Beute	die	Beuten
genitive	einer	der	Beute	der	Beuten
dative	einer	der	Beute	den	Beuten
accusative	eine	die	Beute	die	Beuten

Hyponyms

• Beutetier
• Jagdbeute
• Diebesbeute

Derived terms

• erbeuten
• ausbeuten

Related terms

• Beutel

Etymology 2

From Middle High German biute, from Old High German biuta.

Noun

Beute f (genitive Beute, plural Beuten)

1. (beekeeping) hive, beehive (artificial structure for housing honeybees, excluding the swarm and its combs)

Declension

Declension of Beute [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Beute	die	Beuten
genitive	einer	der	Beute	der	Beuten
dative	einer	der	Beute	den	Beuten
accusative	eine	die	Beute	die	Beuten

Hypernyms

• Bienenstock

Derived terms

• Klotzbeute

Further reading

• “Beute” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Beute (Anteil, Opfer)” in Duden online
• “Beute (Bienenstock)” in Duden online
• “Beute” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (Beute, supplement)
• Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology