bist

British  

/ bɪst /

verb

1. archaic a form of the second person singular of be 1

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Example Sentences

Tenderly she sang Schumann's Du bist wie eine Blume, chicly she trilled a trifle of Bizet.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was writing a song in two languages, along the lines of Darling je vous aime beaucoup and Bei mir bist du schon.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Berlin Tenor Richard Tauber, the monocle man. is making "Du bist mein Traum" a worthy successor to "Dein ist mein Ganzes Herz."

From Time Magazine Archive

Soon afterward Mother came in from the bathroom, and just to tease her I said, “Du bist doch eine echte Rabenmutter.”

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

“I say, Gaffer,” said another fellow, a carter, who had left his horses by the drinking-trough—“I say, Gaffer Pistol-legs, how old bist thee?”

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard