gebit
Dutch
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle Dutch gebet. Equivalent to ge- + bijten with vowel shortening.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɣəˈbɪt/
- Audio - (file) 
- Hyphenation: ge‧bit
- Rhymes: -ɪt
Noun
    
gebit n (plural gebitten, diminutive gebitje n)
- Denture (set of teeth, also artificial).
- Zij heeft een prachtig gebit.
- She has a beautiful set of teeth.
 
- Ik heb mijn gebit nog niet in.
- I am not wearing my dentures yet.
 
 
- Zij heeft een prachtig gebit.
Derived terms
    
Descendants
    
- Negerhollands: bit
- → Caribbean Javanese: khebit
See also
    
Limburgish
    
    
Swedish
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɡɛˈbiːt/, /jɛˈbiːt/
- Hyphenation: ge‧bit
- Rhymes: -iːt
Noun
    
gebit n
- profession, trade, area of expertise
- 2019 March 7, Anna Lundegårdh, “"Ibland är det livsverk som står på spel" ["Sometimes a life's work is at stake"]”, in Dagens Samhälle:- Centrumutveckling är ett ganska litet gebit här i Sverige och många har ringt och rådfrågat om sitt.- City center development is a fairly small area of expertise here in Sweden and many people have called and asked about theirs.
 
 
- 2020, 16:07 from the start, in Karl Hårding, transl., The Mandalorian, season 1, episode 1, spoken by The Client (Werner Herzog):- Men jag är medveten om att prisjakt är ett komplicerat gebit.- Although, I have knowledge that bountyhunting is a complicated profession.
 
 
 
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