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beter

Pronunciation: /ˈbeːtər/

“beter” is a Dutch word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. not sick anymore; recovered (from a disease)
  2. of high quality

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beter, from Old Dutch betiro, from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *batizô, comparative of *gōdaz. Cognate with Low German beter, West Frisian better, English better, German besser, Danish bedre, Swedish bättre.

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