bittar

Old High German

Alternative forms

• bitter, pittar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bitr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit.tar/

Adjective

bittar

1. bitter

Descendants

• Middle High German: bitter, pitter
  • German: bitter
  • Luxembourgish: batter
  • Vilamovian: bytter
  • Yiddish: ביטער (biter)

See also

Basic tastes in Old High German (layout · text)
suozi	sūr	salzig	bittar	-	-

References

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bitr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit.tɑr/

Adjective

bittar (comparative bittroro, superlative bittrost)

1. bitter

Declension

Declension of bittar

Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	bittar	bittar	bittar	bittre	bittru	bittre
accusative	bittrana	bittar	bittra	bittre	bittru	bittre
genitive	bittres	bittres	bittraro	bittrarō	bittrarō	bittrarō
dative	bittrumu	bittrumu	bittraro	bittrum	bittrum	bittrum
Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	bittro	bittra	bittra	bittru
accusative	bittrun	bittra	bittrun	bittrun
genitive	bittrun	bittrun	bittrun	bittronō
dative	bittrun	bittrun	bittrun	bittrum

Comparative forms of bittar (weak only)

	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	bittroro	bittrora	bittrora	bittroru
accusative	bittrorun	bittrora	bittrorun	bittrorun
genitive	bittrorun	bittrorun	bittrorun	bittroronō
dative	bittrorun	bittrorun	bittrorun	bittrorum

Superlative forms of bittar

Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	bittrost	bittrost	bittrost	bittroste	bittroste	bittrostu
accusative	bittrostana	bittrost	bittrosta	bittroste	bittroste	bittrostu
genitive	bittrostes	bittrostes	bittrostaro	bittrostarō	bittrostarō	bittrostarō
dative	bittrostumu	bittrostumu	bittrostaro	bittrostum	bittrostum	bittrostum
Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	bittrosto	bittrosta	bittrosta	bittrostu
accusative	bittrostun	bittrosta	bittrostun	bittrostun
genitive	bittrostun	bittrostun	bittrostun	bittrostonō
dative	bittrostun	bittrostun	bittrostun	bittrostum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: bitter
  • Low German: bitter
  • Plautdietsch: betta
  • → Danish: bitter
  • → Norwegian: bitter
  • → Swedish: bitter (partly)