bitten
German, verb
bitten is spelled B-I-T-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bitten is a German verb meaning “to ask, to beg, to plead, to bid, to request” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bitten is a different word: “gerund of bitten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden in höflicher Form nach etwas fragen, sich in höflicher Form an jemanden wenden, jemanden um etwas…”.
What does bitten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ask, to beg, to plead, to bid, to request
Wir lieben euch–Entschuldigt–Wir bitten um Verzeihung–Vielen Dank
- 2
to ask, to invite
auf ein Bier bitten
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bitten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden in höflicher Form nach etwas fragen, sich in höflicher Form an jemanden wenden, jemanden um etwas ersuchen, einen Wunsch ausdrücken 2. jemanden in höflicher Form zu etwas einladen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bitten
- bittet present singular third-person
- bat past
- gebeten participle past
- bäte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- bittend participle present
- bitte first-person indicative present
- bittest indicative present second-person
- baten first-person indicative plural
- bäten first-person formal plural
- batest indicative preterite second-person
- batst indicative preterite second-person
- batet indicative plural preterite
- bätest formal rare second-person
- bätet formal plural rare
- bitt imperative second-person singular
- bitte! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bitten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bitten in German?
bitten appears 32 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).