Hütte

See also: hutte and hutté

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hütte, from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, though the word is originally exclusively High German. Further origin unknown. Some theories link it to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”). All related words in European languages are borrowings from Old High German. Compare Dutch hut, French hutte, English hut, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏtə/

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Noun

Hütte f (genitive Hütte, plural Hütten, diminutive Hüttchen n)

1. hut, cabin, shack, cottage (small house, typically built of light materials rather than stone)

   Synonyms: Bude, Kate

2. metalworks, ironworks (factory that produces metal)

   Synonym: Hüttenwerk

Declension

Declension of Hütte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hütte	die	Hütten
genitive	einer	der	Hütte	der	Hütten
dative	einer	der	Hütte	den	Hütten
accusative	eine	die	Hütte	die	Hütten

Derived terms

• Almhütte
• Hüttenkäse
• verhütten

Proper noun

Hütte n (proper noun, genitive Hüttes or (optionally with an article) Hütte)

1. (informal) Synonym of Eisenhüttenstadt

Further reading

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