Butter
See also: butter
English
editEtymology
editVarious 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
editButter (plural Butters)
- 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- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Butter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 262.
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editButter f (genitive Butter, no plural) or
Butter (dialectal) m (strong, genitive Butters, no plural)
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
editDeclension of Butter [sg-only, feminine]
Declension of Butter [sg-only, masculine (dialectal), strong]
Hyponyms
edit- Almbutter
- Bauernbutter
- Bratbutter
- Büffelbutter
- Erdnussbutter
- Fassbutter
- Halbfettbutter
- Halligbutter
- Kakaobutter
- Käsereibutter
- Knoblauchbutter
- Kochbutter
- Kräuterbutter
- Lagerbutter
- Landbutter
- Maibutter
- Markenbutter
- Molkereibutter
- Pfefferbutter
- Qualitätsbutter
- Rohmilchbutter
- Sahnebutter
- Salzbutter
- Sauerrahmbutter
- Schafsbutter
- Schokoladenbutter
- Sennereibutter
- Sommerbutter
- Süßrahmbutter
- Trüffelbutter
- unterbuttern
- Vorzugsbutter
- Ziegenbutter
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- Butterblume
- Butterbrett
- Butterbrot
- Buttercreme
- Butterersatz
- Buttererzeugung
- Butterfahrt
- Butterfärben
- Butterfass
- Butterfleck
- Butterherstellung
- Butterkäse
- Bütterken
- Butterkorn
- Butterkuchen
- Buttermacher
- Buttermacherin
- Buttermesser
- Buttermilch
- Butternacht
- Butterpäckchen
- Butterprüfung
- Buttersäure
- Butterschleuder
- Butterschmalz
- Butterschrank
- Butterspeck
- Butterverordnung
Descendants
edit- → Esperanto: butero
- → Ido: butro
- → Macedonian: путер (puter)
- → Serbo-Croatian: pȕter / пу̏тер
- → Slovene: púter (tonal orthography)
- → Lower Sorbian: butra
Further reading
edit- “Butter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Butter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Butter” in Duden online
- Butter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German buter, from Old High German butira, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editButter f
- butter
- Ich esse Brod mit Butter.
- I eat bread with butter.
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