Bestie

See also: bestie and bestię

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bestie, from Latin bēstia. Doublet of Biest n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛsti̯ə/, [ˈbɛs.tjə], [ˈbɛs.ti.ə]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Bes‧tie

Noun

Bestie f (genitive Bestie, plural Bestien)

  1. a wild and very dangerous animal, a beast, monster
  2. (figurative) a very cruel person, a monster, fiend (usually a killer, torturer, or rapist)

Usage notes

  • Generally not interchangeable with the doublet Biest, which covers the milder senses of English beast, while Bestie covers the harsher ones.

Declension

Declension of Bestie [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bestie die Bestien
genitive einer der Bestie der Bestien
dative einer der Bestie den Bestien
accusative eine die Bestie die Bestien

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Bestie” in Duden online
  • “Bestie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Bestie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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