Pott

See also: pott

English

Etymology

• As an English surname (and north German adaptations), from the noun pot. Compare Potter.
• Also as a north German surname, from Low German Pütt (“pool; mine shaft, pit”) (high German Pfütze).

Proper noun

Pott

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Pott's disease
• Pott's fracture
• Pottsville

Anagrams

• T-top, TOTP, topt

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔt/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German pot and Middle High German pot (West Central German, 12th century), from Old Saxon *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz. See English pot for more.

Noun

Pott m (strong, genitive Pottes or Potts, plural Pötte)

1. (regional) large cup

   ein Pott Kaffee ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (regional) pot (cooking vessel)
3. (regional) pot; jar (storage vessel)
4. (informal) large ship
   • 2023 July 9, Hermannus Pfeiffer, “Seeschifffahrt ohne CO2-Emissionen: Freie Fahrt für klimaneutrale Pötte”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Ohne Schifffahrt gäbe es keine Globalisierung. Bezogen auf ihre Transportleistung ist die Welthandelsflotte zwar weit sauberer als Lkw, Flugzeug oder Bahn. Aber die dicken Pötte, die bis zu 20.000 Container befördern, werden zum großen Teil mit dreckigen Rückstandsölen betrieben.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (informal) cup (sports trophy)
6. (gambling) pot
7. (colloquial) toilet

Usage notes

• In its original use for a kitchen vessel, the word is used chiefly in western and northern Germany. For “large cup” it is commonly found in writing in these areas. The sense “cooking or storage vessel” is also very common in the vernaculars, but the more properly standard term Topf tends to be preferred in writing.
• The derived meanings, particularly that of “sports trophy”, are not regionally restricted (at least not within Germany).

Declension

Declension of Pott [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pott	die	Pötte
genitive	eines	des	Pottes, Potts	der	Pötte
dative	einem	dem	Pott, Potte1	den	Pötten
accusative	einen	den	Pott	die	Pötte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• (large cup): (große) Tasse
• (cooking/storage vessel): Topf
• (sports trophy): Pokal
• (toilet): Toilette; Klo; Lokus; Scheißhaus

Derived terms

• potthässlich
• Pottsau
• Pottwal
• Ruhrpott

 

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Pott m (proper noun, strong, genitive Potts)

1. (informal) Ellipsis of Ruhrpott; the Ruhr Area
   • 1995 November 10, Bernd Müllender, “Ente, wir danken Sie”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[2], →ISSN, page 19:

     Das volle alte Ruhrpottklischee: Links die Autobahn, daneben Müllverbrennungsanlage, die alte Kokerei, die Veba- Chemie. […] Hier hat Willi „Ente“ Lippens seine Ranch; er züchtet Pferde und führt eine Ausflugskneipe mit Namen „Mitten im Pott“.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Pott m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Potts or (with an article) Pott, feminine genitive Pott, plural Potts)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Pott” in Duden online
• “Pott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache