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rotte

See also: Rotte and røtte

Afrikaans

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Noun

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rotte

  1. plural of rot

Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German rotte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rattaz.

Noun

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rotte c (singular definite rotten, plural indefinite rotter)

  1. rat

Inflection

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Declension of rotte
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gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rotte rotten rotter rotterne
genitive rottes rottens rotters rotternes

Estonian

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Noun

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rotte

  1. partitive plural of rott

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrot.te/
  • Rhymes: -otte
  • Hyphenation: rót‧te

Adjective

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rotte

  1. feminine plural of rotto

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rotte f

  1. plural of rotta

Participle

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rotte

  1. feminine plural of rotto

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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rotte

  1. Alternative form of ratte

Etymology 2

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Noun

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rotte

  1. Alternative form of rote (“rote (musical instrument)”)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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rotte

  1. Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)

Etymology 4

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Noun

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rotte

  1. Alternative form of rot

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German rotte.

Noun

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rotte f or m (definite singular rotta or rotten, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)

  1. a rat

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German rotte.

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rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)

  1. a rat, a rodent of the genus Rattus
    • 1890, Arne Garborg, “Soveraader”, in Kolbotnbrev, Bergen: Litleré, page 60:
      Det er Laasen, han lirkar med, ein-tvo-tri, han skjer, han sagar, ein-tvo-tri, gneg som ei Rotte, ein-tvo-tri […]
      He is jiggling the lock, one-two-three, he cuts, he saws, one-two-three, gnaws like a rat, one-two-three […]
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German Rotte (“band”).

Verb

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rotte (present tense rottar, past tense rotta, past participle rotta, passive infinitive rottast, present participle rottande, imperative rotte/rott)

  1. (reflexive) Used in the phrase rotte seg saman.
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Etymology 3

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Compare with rode (“a type of military formation”).

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rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)

  1. a base, a safe zone in a children's ball game, such as Danish longball etc.
  2. a game in which such bases are used; Danish longball
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  • “rotte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “rotte”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Polabian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German rotte.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔt.tɛ/
  • Syllabification: rot‧te

Noun

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rotte f

  1. rat

References

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  • Polański, Kazimierz (1976) “rotte”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 4 (perĕt – ŕotťǝ), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 647
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