Meaning

3 senses
  1. Next to; at the side of.

    A small table beside the bed

  2. Not relevant to.

    That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside.

    neben

    поми́моpomímo

  3. Besides; in addition to.

    I'll need another dictionary beside this one.

Examples

348 sentences
  1. The queen stood beside the king.

    Королева стояла коло короля. — aandrusiak

    ruКоролева стояла возле короля. — odexed

    deDie Königin stand neben dem König. — Hans_Adler

  2. Everybody wants to sit beside her.

    Всі хочуть сидіти біля неї. — deniko

    ruВсе хотят сидеть возле неё. — shanghainese

    deAlle wollen neben ihr sitzen. — MUIRIEL

  3. Tom sat beside me in church.

    Том сів поруч зі мною у церкві. — deniko

    ruТом сидел рядом со мной в церкви. — marafon

  4. The cat likes to sleep beside me.

    Кіт любить спати поруч зі мною. — deniko

    ruКошка любит спать возле меня. — joulin

    deDie Katze schläft gern neben mir. — User4473

  5. I sat beside her.

    Я сів поруч із нею. — deniko

    ruЯ сел возле неё. — odexed

    deIch saß neben ihr. — Esperantostern

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be

From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan, bī sīdan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”). Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side.

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