Beichte
German (Berlin)
/ˈbaɪ̯çtə/
noun
Definitions
- (Christianity) confession sacramental disclosure of one's sins
- (figurative) confession disclosure of one's bad deeds
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German bīht inherited from Old High German bigiht derived from Proto-Germanic *jihtiz (joint pain, cramp) prefix from German Gicht (gout).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Gicht
Gloss
gout
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antijoke English
- joke English
- jokee English
- jokefest English
- jokefic English
- jokeful English
- jokeless English
- jokelike English
- jokely English
- joker English
- jokesmith English
- jokesome English
- jokest English
- jokester English
- jokette English
- jokish English
- joky English
- metajoke English
- nonjoke English
- outjoke English
- iocus Latin
- Beichtkind German
- Beichtvater German
- Gicht German
- Kind German
- Vater German
- biecht Dutch, Flemish
- biechteling Dutch, Flemish
- biechten Dutch, Flemish
- biechtspiegel Dutch, Flemish
- biechtvader Dutch, Flemish
- jokken Dutch, Flemish
- *jihtiz Proto-Germanic
- gikt Swedish
- ジョーク Japanese
- joke Danish
- djók Icelandic
- djóka Icelandic
- jôc Welsh
- biechte Middle Dutch
- *giht Old High German
- bigiht Old High German
- jiht Old High German
- bieg Afrikaans
- bīht Middle High German
- bīhtvater Middle High German
- giht Middle High German
- Beicht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Beichtstull Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *jiht Old Dutch
- gicht Middle Low German