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Butter

See also: butter

English

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Etymology

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Various 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

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Butter (plural Butters)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • 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.

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German

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Etymology

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From 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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʊtɐ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊtɐ

Noun

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Butter f (genitive Butter, no plural) or
Butter (dialectal) m (strong, genitive Butters, no plural)

  1. butter
    Synonym: (Switzerland) Anke

Usage notes

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  • In the formal standard language, Butter is exclusively feminine. Masculine use is sometimes adopted from local dialects into colloquial German, especially in Swabia.

Declension

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Declension of Butter [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Butter
genitive einer der Butter
dative einer der Butter
accusative eine die Butter
Declension of Butter [sg-only, masculine (dialectal), strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Butter
genitive eines des Butters
dative einem dem Butter
accusative einen den Butter

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Hunsrik

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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 βούτυρον (boúturon).

Cognate with German Butter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Butter f

  1. butter
    Ich esse Brod mit Butter.
    I eat bread with butter.

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