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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

bety.

to mean

4 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to mean to signify, denote

  2. to mean to represent, be equivalent to

  3. to mean to matter, have importance

  4. to hint, indicate, give to understand

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Danish betyde, formed after Middle Low German bedü̂den (compare German bedeuten). By surface analysis, be- + ty(de). The contracted pronunciation is probably due to native Norwegian influence as it seems not to have been common in Danish; compare by.

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