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Bütte
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German
Alternative forms
de Bütt Butte
Etymology
de vessel :inh gmh:bütte<id:cask><ety:inh<goh:*butta<id:cask><ety:inh<gmw-pro:*buttjā<id:cask>>>>>
From de gmh bütte, from de goh *butta, from de gmw-pro *buttjā. Cognate with yi ביט.
Pronunciation
de /ˈbʏtə/
de LL-Q188 (deu)-Sebastian Wallroth-Bütte.wav
de De-Bütte.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Büt te
Noun
f
de regional chiefly _ western Germany tub, vat, barrel open vessel, often large and made of wood
de Bottich Fass Kübel Tonne Wanne
de regional Rhineland usually in the form de Bütt a lectern for a comedic speaker in a carnival event, originally and still usually in the form of a wooden barrel
de not regional a wide vessel used in papermaking
carrying basket
de Hotte Kiepe
Usage notes
Outside the two specialist senses, speakers now often use the similar sounding (though not closely related) word de Bottich as a standard German equivalent for de Bütte.
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Büttenrede
de Büttner
References
Further reading
Butte