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Butter

See also: butter

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

Various origins:

  • From butter, a metonymic occupational surname for a dairyman or seller of butter.
  • From Old French butor (“bittern”), a nickname for someone who resembled a bittern, perhaps because of his voice.
  • Borrowed from Dutch and German Butter, possibly a short form of various compound names.

Proper noun edit

Butter (plural Butters)

  1. A surname.

Statistics edit

  • 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 edit

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German buter, butter, from Old High German butera, from Proto-West Germanic *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 Middle Low German boter f.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʊtɐ/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊtɐ

Noun edit

Butter f (genitive Butter, plural Buttern) or
Butter (dialectal) m (strong, genitive Butters, plural Butter)

  1. butter
    Synonym: (Switzerland) Anke

Usage notes edit

  • In the formal standard language, Butter is exclusively feminine. Masculine use is sometimes adopted from local dialects into colloquial German, especially in Swabia.

Declension edit

Declension of Butter [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Butter die Buttern
genitive einer der Butter der Buttern
dative einer der Butter den Buttern
accusative eine die Butter die Buttern
Declension of Butter [masculine (dialectal), strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Butter die Butter
genitive eines des Butters der Butter
dative einem dem Butter den Buttern
accusative einen den Butter die Butter

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Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German buter, from Old High German butira, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon).

Cognate with German Butter.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Butter f

  1. butter
    Ich esse Brod mit Butter.
    I eat bread with butter.

Further reading edit

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