Grotte

See also: grotte

German

Etymology

From Italian grotto, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of Krypta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁɔtə/ (prescriptive standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥ʀɔtɛ/ (Austria)

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• Rhymes: -ɔtə

Noun

Grotte f (genitive Grotte, plural Grotten)

1. grotto

Declension

Declension of Grotte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Grotte	die	Grotten
genitive	einer	der	Grotte	der	Grotten
dative	einer	der	Grotte	den	Grotten
accusative	eine	die	Grotte	die	Grotten

Derived terms

• Grottenbau
• grottenhässlich
• Grottenolm
• grottenschlecht
• Grottenwerk
• grottig

Further reading

• “Grotte” in Duden online
• “Grotte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Grotte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Grotte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Grotte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin gruptae, from Latin cryptae.

Proper noun

Grotte f

1. A town and comune of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

Derived terms

• grottese

Anagrams

• gretto