Butter

butter English + (surname) Etymology Various origins: From en butter, a metonymic occupational surname for a dairyman or seller of butter. From en fro butor bittern, a nickname for someone who resembled a bittern, perhaps because of his voice. Borrowed from en nl - and en de Butter, possibly a short form of various compound names. Proper noun s en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Butter is the 39164th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 562 individuals. Butter is most common among White (72.95%) and Black/African American (10.14%) individuals. Further reading en surnames from Old French surnames from Dutch surnames from German German Etymology de :inh gmh:buter 1 de ine-pro *tewh₂- de la grc grk-pro From de gmh buter, gmh butter, from de goh butera, from de gmw-pro *buterā butter. Though originally feminine, the word became masculine throughout Upper German and in southern dialects of West Central German. The now established feminine gender is East Central German, reinforced by de gml boter f. Pronunciation de /ˈbʊtɐ/ de De-Butter.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de ʊtɐ Noun f.sg or m[dialectal].sg butter de Anke Switzerland butter Usage notes In the formal standard language, de Butter is exclusively feminine. Masculine use is sometimes adopted from local dialects into colloquial German, especially in Swabia. Declension f.sg m[dialectal].sg Hyponyms de Almbutter Bauernbutter Bratbutter Büffelbutter Erdnussbutter Fassbutter Grasbutter Halligbutter Halbfettbutter Kakaobutter Knoblauchbutter Kochbutter Kräuterbutter Käsereibutter Lagerbutter Landbutter Maibutter Markenbutter Molkereibutter Pfefferbutter Qualitätsbutter Rohmilchbutter Sahnebutter Salzbutter Sauerrahmbutter Schafsbutter Schokoladenbutter Sennereibutter Sommerbutter Süßrahmbutter Teebutter Trüffelbutter unterbuttern Vorzugsbutter Ziegenbutter Derived terms de alles in Butter buttern butterartig Butter bei die Fische Butterkuchen jemandem die Butter vom Brot nehmen Related terms de Butterblume Butterbrett Butterbrot Buttercreme Butterersatz Buttererzeugung Butterfahrt Butterfass Butterfärben Butterfleck Butterherstellung Butterkäse Butterkorn Butterkuchen Buttermacher Buttermacherin Buttermesser Buttermilch Butternacht Butterprüfung Butterpäckchen Butterschleuder Butterschmalz Butterschrank Buttersäure Butterspeck Butterverordnung Bütterken Descendants eo butero 1 io butro 1 mk путер 1 sh pȕter 1 / sh пу̏тер púter 1 dsb butra 1 Further reading de de Condiments Dairy products Fats and oils de nouns with multiple genders Hunsrik Etymology hrx :inh gmh:buter<id:butter> butter +20 1 Cognate with de Butter. Pronunciation Noun f hrx uncountable butter hrx Ich esse Brod mit Butter. I eat bread with butter. References hrx Condiments Fats and oils