beißen

• beyßen
• beyssen
• beissen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, sometimes also Luxembourg, South Tyrol)

From Middle High German bīzen, from Old High German bīzan.

Cognate with Dutch bijten, Low German bieten, English bite, Danish bide, Swedish bita.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ̯sən/, [ˈbäe̯sn̩]

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beißen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present beißt, past tense biss, past participle gebissen, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to bite
2. (transitive or intransitive) to sting; to burn; to be sharp; to be spicy
3. (reflexive, slightly informal, of colors and clothes) to clash; to jar

• In English, bloodsuckers are said to “bite”. In German, beißen is generally used with crawling bloodsuckers only, while stechen (“to sting”) is used with flying bloodsuckers. Thus, you speak of a Flohbiss (“flea bite”), but a Mückenstich (“mosquito bite”).

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• Beißen
• Beißer
• beißend
• Biss
• gebissen
• abbeißen
• anbeißen
• festbeißen
• Hunde, die bellen, beißen nicht
• kaputtbeißen
• verbeißen
• zubeißen

• “beißen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “beißen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “beißen” in Duden online
• “beißen” in OpenThesaurus.de