This is the 5655th most frequent German word.
bissen
"Bissen" means "bite" in English.
'Bissen' is used to refer to a specific small quantity of food taken at once (a bite).
Er wollte nur einen kleinen Bissen vom Kuchen.
He just wanted a small bite of the cake.
'Bissen' is employed to describe the act of taking a bite, often referring to animals or ingesting.
Die Katze nahm einen Bissen von ihrem Futter.
The cat took a bite of its food.
'Bissen' denotes the portion taken in a single bite in the context of sequential eating.