Bütte

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German bütte, from Old High German *butta, from Proto-West Germanic *buttjā.[1] Cognate with Yiddish ביט (bit).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏtə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Büt‧te

Noun

Bütte f (genitive Bütte, plural Bütten)

  1. (regional, chiefly western Germany) tub, vat, barrel (open vessel, often large and made of wood)
    Synonyms: Bottich, Fass, Kübel, Tonne, Wanne
  2. (regional, Rhineland, usually in the form Bütt) a lectern for a comedic speaker in a carnival event, originally and still usually in the form of a wooden barrel
  3. (not regional) a wide vessel used in papermaking

Usage notes
  • Outside the two specialist senses, speakers now often use the similar sounding (though not closely related) word Bottich as a standard German equivalent for Bütte.

Declension
Declension of Bütte [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bütte die Bütten
genitive einer der Bütte der Bütten
dative einer der Bütte den Bütten
accusative eine die Bütte die Bütten

Derived terms

References
  1. “Bütte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading
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