rotte
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Afrikaans[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotte
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German rotte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rattaz.
Noun[edit]
rotte c (singular definite rotten, plural indefinite rotter)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of rotte
Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotte
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotte f
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotte
- Alternative form of ratte
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotte
- Alternative form of rote (“rote (musical instrument)”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
rotte
- Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
rotte
- Alternative form of rot
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German rotte.
Noun[edit]
rotte f or m (definite singular rotta or rotten, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)
- a rat
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “rotte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Low German rotte.
Noun[edit]
rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)
- 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 […]
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Low German Rotte (“band”).
Verb[edit]
rotte (present tense rottar, past tense rotta, past participle rotta, passive infinitive rottast, present participle rottande, imperative rotte/rott)
- (reflexive) Used in the phrase rotte seg saman.
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Compare with rode (“a type of military formation”).
Noun[edit]
rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)
- a base, a safe zone in a children's ball game, such as Danish longball etc.
- a game in which such bases are used; Danish longball
Alternative forms[edit]
References[edit]
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