See also: botter and bótter

Dutch

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Derived from botter (type of fishing vessel).

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Botter n

  1. A neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands

German Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German botter, boter, from Old Saxon *butera, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally cow cheese). Cognate with German Butter, Dutch boter, English butter, West Frisian bûter.

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Botter f (no plural)

  1. (Münsterland, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch, Low Prussian) butter
    • 1991, Ulrich Tolksdorf, Ermländische Protokolle: Alltagserzählungen in Mundart: Gloms on Dwarg wurd ook jemoakt, page 212:
      on denn sull doa Botter ware
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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  • Botterbrod (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)
  • Botterbrot (Dithmarsisch, Altmärkisch, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)

Limburgish

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch boter, from Old Dutch *butera, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally cow cheese).

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Botter f (plural Bottere) (German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)

  1. butter

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German buter, from Old High German butira, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally cow cheese). Cognate with German Butter, Dutch boter, English butter, West Frisian bûter.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈboteʀ/, [ˈbotɐ]

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Botter m (uncountable)

  1. butter