beteren

From Middle Dutch bēteren, from Old Dutch *beteron, from Proto-Germanic *batizōną. Equivalent to beter +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtərə(n)/

• béteren

  (file)

• Hyphenation: be‧te‧ren

beteren

1. (ergative) to improve, to become/make better

• verbeteren

• betering
• verbeteren

From be- +‎ teren.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈteːrə(n)/

• betéren

  (file)

• Hyphenation: be‧te‧ren
• Rhymes: -eːrən

beteren

1. (transitive) to tar, to cover with tar

From Old Dutch *beteron, from Proto-Germanic *batizōną. Equivalent to bēter +‎ -en.

bēteren

1. to better, to make/become better
2. to reimburse
3. to punish, to make pay
4. to increase, to make/become larger

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• bēterere
• bēteringe
• bēternisse
• gebēteren
• verbēteren
• volbēteren

• Dutch: beteren
• Limburgish: baetere

• “beteren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “beteren”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• better, betren, bettren, betteren

From Old English beterian, from Proto-Germanic *batizōną; equivalent to bettre +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛt(ə)rən/

beteren

1. To better; to implement improvements or make better.
2. (rare) To attain victory or win against opponents; to have the upper hand.

• beterynge

• English: better
• Scots: better

• “bettren (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-17.