German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bütte, from Old High German *butta, from Proto-West Germanic *buttjā.[1] Cognate with Yiddish ביט (bit).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏtə/
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  • Hyphenation: Büt‧te

Noun

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Bütte f (genitive Bütte, plural Bütten)

  1. (regional, chiefly western Germany) tub, vat, barrel (open vessel, often large and made of wood)
    Synonyms: Bottich, Fass, Kübel, Tonne, Wanne
  2. (regional, Rhineland, usually in the form Bütt) a lectern for a comedic speaker in a carnival event, originally and still usually in the form of a wooden barrel
  3. (not regional) a wide vessel used in papermaking

Usage notes

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  • Outside the two specialist senses, speakers now often use the similar sounding (though not closely related) word Bottich as a standard German equivalent for Bütte.

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Bütte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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