Pütt
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Low German Pütt, from Middle Low German pütte, from Old Saxon putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti (“a well”). Doublet of Pfütze (“puddle”) and Pütz (“well; bucket”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Pütt m (strong, genitive Pütts, plural Pütte)
- (regional, western Germany, particularly Ruhrgebiet) mine shaft, pit
- (regional, by extension) mine
- Mein Großvater hat sein ganzes Leben auf dem Pütt gearbeitet.
- My grandfather worked in the mine all his life.
Declension edit
Declension of Pütt [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Pütt” in Duden online