"be-" meaning in German

See be- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: [bə] [Germany], [b̥e] [Austria] Audio: De-be-.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German be-, from Old High German bi-, from Proto-Germanic *bi-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|be-}} Middle High German be-, {{inh|de|goh|bi-}} Old High German bi-, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*bi-}} Proto-Germanic *bi-, {{der|de|ine-pro|*h₁epi}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Head templates: {{head|de|prefix}} be-
  1. inseparable verbal prefix that signifies working on something or change of state Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-be--de-prefix-UmgAUEId Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 22 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 2 1 4 8 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 3 2 14 2 3 15 2 3 15 2 3 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 22 entries: 6 2 1 1 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 13 2 2 13 2 2 13 2 2 3 3 3 1 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 2 1 1 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 13 2 2 14 2 2 14 2 2 3 3 3 1 3 3 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 76 12 12
  2. inseparable verbal prefix that signifies touching the object Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-be--de-prefix-O6P7ZiQP
  3. inseparable verbal prefix that signifies discussing or mentioning the object Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-be--de-prefix-acz6I8at
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "prefix",
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}
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    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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