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Boot

See also: boot and BOOT

English edit

 Boot (surname) on Wikipedia
 Boot, Cumbria on Wikipedia

Etymology edit

  • As an English surname, from the noun boot.
  • As a Dutch and German surname, from Bote (“messenger”), compare Bode. Also an occupational surname for a boatman, from boot.

Proper noun edit

Boot

  1. A surname.
  2. A small village in Eskdale parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY1701).

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Proper noun edit

Boot

  1. a surname

German edit

FWOTD – 27 October 2013

Etymology edit

Via Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot (compare modern English boat).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Boot n (strong, genitive Bootes or Boots, plural Boote, diminutive Bötchen n or Bötlein n)

  1. boat
    • 1897, “Der Landbriefträger im Spreewalde”, in Die Gartenlaube, volume 10, page 164:
      Auf dem Wasser, im geschmückten Boote, fährt man den kleinen Spreewaldbürger nach Lübbenau oder Burg zur Taufe, im Boot begiebt sich der Abcschütz nach der Schule, und auf den grünen, freundlichen Spreewellen läßt man sich zur Arbeit wie zur Freude tragen.
      On the water, in a decorated boat, the little denizen of the Spreewald is taken to Lübbenau or Burg to be baptized; in a boat the schoolchild goes to school; and on the friendly green waves of the Spree one is carried to work as if to joy.
    • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, “Träumerei auf einem Havelsee”, in Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa, pages 363–64:
      zwei Stunden lieg ich hier schon
       und seh auf die Kiefern und in das Wasser hinein –
        auf meinem Boot ganz allein.
      I’ve been lying here for two hours now
       looking at the pines and into the water—
        all alone on my boat.
    • 3 January 1994, “Namen und Nachrichten: 3 656 Kubaner flüchteten 1993”, Berliner Zeitung:
      Wie die Küstenwache in Miami mitteilte, trafen in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten 3 656 Kubaner mit dem Boot in Florida ein, 43 Prozent mehr als 1992.
      The Coast Guard in Miami has reported that in the past twelve months, 3,656 Cubans arrived in Florida by boat, 43 percent more than in 1992.

Usage notes edit

  • The diminutive Böötchen is proscribed nowadays and rather rare.

Declension edit

Declension of Boot [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Boot die Boote
genitive eines des Bootes, Boots der Boote
dative einem dem Boot, Boote1 den Booten
accusative ein das Boot die Boote

1Now rare, see notes.

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Further reading edit

  • “Boot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Boot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Boot” in Duden online
  • “Boot” in Duden online
  •   Boot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot.

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Noun edit

Boot n (plural Boot)

  1. boat
    Ich faare mit meim Boot.
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Etymology edit

From Middle English bot (“boat, ship”), from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.

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Boot n (German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)

  1. boat
    Synonyms: Scheep [general], Schéff [Eupen]

Plautdietsch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot.

Noun edit

Boot n

  1. boat, skiff, yawl
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