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Every Germanic word

Words players have found whose deepest named ancestor belongs to the Germanic family. A family is a group of languages, so this is wider than any single one of them.

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  • BEGUNKverbScots1 finderTo befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
  • BEHALFnounOld English4 findersThe interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
  • BEHAVEverbGerman14 findersTo conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
  • BEHEADverbGerman20 findersTo deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
  • BEHESTnounProto-Germanic190 findersA command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
  • BEHOLDverbGerman38 findersTo look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
  • BEHOLDENadjectiveMiddle English321 findersObligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.
  • BEHOLDERnounMiddle English40 findersSomeone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.
  • BEHOOFnounGerman24 findersThat which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit.
  • BEHOVEverbSwedish65 findersTo befit, to suit.
  • BEHOVEFULadjectiveMiddle English4 findersNeedful or proper; beneficial; behoving.
  • BEHOVELYadjectiveMiddle English4 findersNecessary; advantageous.
  • BEIGNETnounFrankish30 findersA fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
  • BEINGverbMiddle English8 finderspresent participle and gerund of be
  • BELAYverbGerman119 findersTo make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
  • BELCHverbProto-Germanic48 findersTo expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
  • BELEAGUERverbMiddle Low German3 findersTo besiege; to surround with troops.
  • BELFRYnounProto-Germanic70 findersA tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
  • BELIEverbProto-Germanic101 findersTo lie around; encompass.
  • BELIEFnounProto-Germanic18 findersMental acceptance of a claim as true.
  • BELIEVEverbGerman3 findersTo accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
  • BELIEVERnounMiddle English5 findersA person who believes; especially regarding religion.
  • BELIEVINGverbOld English33 finderspresent participle and gerund of believe
  • BELIKEverbMiddle English19 findersTo make like; simulate.
  • BELLETRISTnounGerman2 findersA person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
  • BELLOWSnounProto-Germanic6 findersA device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to
  • BELONGverbOld English16 findersTo have its proper place.
  • BELOVEverbOld English1 findersimple past of belive
  • BELOVEDadjectiveMiddle English82 findersMuch loved, dearly loved.
  • BELOWprepositionMiddle English24 findersLower in spatial position than.
  • BELOWSprepositionMiddle English12 findersLower in spatial position than.
  • BELTERnounMiddle English7 findersA maker or worker of belts.
  • BEMEANverbMiddle English2 findersTo mean; signify; inform.
  • BEMETEverbGerman1 finderTo measure.
  • BEMIREverbMiddle English6 findersTo soil with mud or a similar substance.
  • BEMOANverbOld English89 findersTo moan or complain about (something).
  • BENAMEverbMiddle English1 finderTo swear on oath; to solemnly declare; promise; give.
  • BENEnounProto-Germanic9 findersA prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
  • BENEATHadverbOld English25 findersBelow or underneath.
  • BENIGHTverbMiddle English25 findersTo overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
  • BENTverbMiddle English10 finderssimple past and past participle of bend
  • BEQUEATHverbOld English84 findersTo give or leave by will; to give by testament.
  • BERAYverbMiddle English1 finderTo make foul; befoul; soil.
  • BEREnounProto-Germanic1 finderBarley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
  • BEREAVEverbProto-Germanic3 findersTo deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
  • BEREFTverbMiddle English292 finderssimple past and past participle of bereave
  • BERGENnounNorwegian2 findersA large rucksack.
  • BERGHAANnounAfrikaans1 finderVerreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii)
  • BERLINnounGerman30 findersA four-wheeled carriage with a separate sheltered seat behind the body.
  • BERMnounProto-Germanic70 findersA narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope. (Can we verify this sense?)
  • BERTHnounMiddle English23 findersChiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks
  • BESEEverbProto-Germanic1 finderTo look at; see; mind; regard; favour.
  • BESEECHverbOld English3 findersTo beg or implore something of (a person).
  • BESHADOWverbOld English4 findersTo cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
  • BESHINEverbProto-Germanic2 findersTo shine around or upon.
  • BESHREWverbMiddle English25 findersTo invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
  • BESIDEprepositionOld English3 findersNext to; at the side of.
  • BESIEGEverbMiddle English1 finderTo beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
  • BESINGverbGerman4 findersTo sing of or sing about; celebrate in song or poetry; sing the praises of; praise; laud.
  • BESITverbProto-Germanic3 findersTo sit around; sit about; besiege.
  • BESMEARverbOld English6 findersTo smear over, to smear all over, to daub.
  • BESMIRCHverbMiddle English120 findersTo make dirty.
  • BESNOWverbOld English2 findersTo snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
  • BESNOWEDadjectiveOld English4 findersCovered or laden with snow.
  • BESOMnounGerman53 findersA broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
  • BESPEAKverbProto-Germanic12 findersTo speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
  • BESPITverbMiddle English3 findersTo spit upon (someone or something); to soil with spittle.
  • BESPOTverbMiddle English4 findersTo make spots on; mark with spots; cover with or as with blots or blemishes.
  • BESPOUSEverbMiddle English1 finderTo marry
  • BESPREADverbMiddle English3 findersTo spread over; to cover with.
  • BESPRENTverbOld English5 finderssimple past and past participle of besprenge
  • BESPRINKLEDadjectiveMiddle English3 findersSprinkled.
  • BESTadjectiveProto-Germanic13 finderssuperlative form of good: most good.
  • BESTAINEDadjectiveMiddle English5 findersStained all over, completely stained or discoloured.
  • BESTIALLYadverbMiddle English3 findersIn a bestial manner.
  • BESTILLverbOld English1 finderTo make quiet or still; calm; pacify.
  • BESTIRverbOld English25 findersTo put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
  • BESTREWverbOld English11 findersTo strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
  • BESTRIDEverbGerman33 findersTo be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.
  • BETAKEverbMiddle English4 findersTo take over to; take across (to); deliver.
  • BETHINKverbProto-Germanic9 findersTo think about, to recollect.
  • BETIDESadverbMiddle English40 findersAt any early period.
  • BETIMEverbMiddle English4 findersTo occur; betide.
  • BETIMESadverbMiddle English22 findersIn good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.
  • BETOKENverbGerman27 findersTo signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
  • BETWEENprepositionProto-Germanic1 finderIn the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
  • BEWAILverbMiddle English19 findersTo wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
  • BEWAREverbMiddle English139 findersTo use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).
  • BEWITCHverbMiddle English33 findersTo cast a spell upon.
  • BEWRAPverbMiddle English3 findersTo wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
  • BEWRAYverbProto-Germanic20 findersTo accuse; malign; speak evil of.
  • BEWRAYERnounMiddle English1 finderA betrayer or divulger.
  • BEWRAYINGnounMiddle English12 findersThe act or process of divulging or revealing information
  • BEYONDprepositionOld English23 findersFurther away than.
  • BIBLEproper nounOld English3 findersAlternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).
  • BIDINGnounMiddle English11 findersAn awaiting; expectation.
  • BIGGverbOld Norse1 finderTo build.
  • BIGLYadverbMiddle English40 findersIn a big way, greatly; to a great extent, on a large scale.
  • BIGOTnounGerman52 findersOne who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
  • BIJWONERnounAfrikaans2 findersA member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.

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