I believe "Bitte" means 'Please!' in German.

Smithhound, you are correct. By the way, my late father in law was Wermacht (German Army) and a paratrooper. He told me once that the popular word to use when surrendering (he never did) was "kamerad", which means "buddy" or "pal". He was one tough old man, and I really miss him. Seeing him and some of his war buddies who were in their late 70s, I had to wonder, how in the hell did we beat those guys in two world wars?

Regards,

Dave