English Explanatory Dictionary

bist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Used to form the second person singular of be.

Word forms

bist

Etymology

From Middle English bist, beest, best, from Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (“to be”)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi (“(thou) art”), equivalent to be + -est. Cognate with West Frisian bist (“(thou) art”), Low German büst (“(thou) art”), German bist (“(thou) art”).

Related words

bin bisn't
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