Botter

See also: botter

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from botter (“type of fishing vessel”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.tər/
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Hyphenation: Bot‧ter
Rhymes: -ɔtər
Homophone: botter

Proper noun

Botter n

A neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands.

German Low German

Alternative forms

Bodder (Mecklenburgisch)
Buoter, Buotter
Bueter (Märkisch)

Etymology

From Middle Low German botter, boter, from Old Saxon *butera, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally “cow cheese”). Cognate with German Butter, Dutch boter, English butter, West Frisian bûter.

Noun

Botter f (no plural)

(Münsterland, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch, Low Prussian) butter
- 1991, Ulrich Tolksdorf, Ermländische Protokolle: Alltagserzählungen in Mundart, Gloms on Dwarg wurd ook jemoakt, page 212:
  on denn sull doa Botter ware
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

Botterbrod (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)
Botterbrot (Dithmarsisch, Altmärkisch, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German butira, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally “cow cheese”). Cognate with German Butter, Dutch boter, English butter, West Frisian bûter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈboteʀ/, [ˈbotɐ]

Noun

Botter m (uncountable)

butter