Rotte
See also: rotte
Dutch
Etymology
The river is first attested as Rotta in 1028. The hydronym is likely derived from a compound of Old Dutch rot (“dirty, muddy”) and ā (“watercourse, river”).
The hamlet is first attested in 1899 as Rotte (De). It is named after the river.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rotte
- A river in and near Rotterdam, and part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
- A hamlet in Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German rotte, from Old French rote, from Latin rupta, perfect participle of rumpo. Cognate with Middle English route, Dutch rot, English rout.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Rotte f (genitive Rotte, plural Rotten) (collective)
- (derogatory) rout, mob (group of people)
- 1910, Karl May, Mein Leben und Streben[1]:
- Diese Rotte scheut sich nicht, ihre eigenen Sünden und literarischen Verbrechen auf mich zu werfen und sich als rein zu gebärden!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1912, Thomas Mann, chapter 5, in Der Tod in Venedig [Death in Venice][2], München: Hyperionverlag, →OCLC:
- Und in zerrissenem Licht, von bewaldeter Höhe, zwischen Stämmen und moosigen Felstrümmern wälzte es sich und stürzte wirbelnd herab: Menschen, Tiere, ein Schwarm, eine tobende Rotte, und überschwemmte die Halde mit Leibern, Flammen, Tumult und taumelndem Rundtanz.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (military) two ships or planes operating together
- 2022 September 5, “Ostsee – Flug von Jerez nach Köln: Was über das abgestürzte Flugzeug bekannt ist”, in Der Spiegel[3], →ISSN:
- Zunächst wurde das Flugzeug von einer Rotte der französischen Armee begleitet, bevor im deutschen Luftraum eine Rotte aus Neuburg an der Donau und später aus Rostock-Laage aufstieg.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (hunting) group of boars or wolves
Declension
Declension of Rotte [feminine]
Derived terms
Related terms
- rotten (obsolete)
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Rotte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *ratte, from Proto-Germanic *rattō. Cognates include Dutch rat and Yiddish ראַץ (rats).
Pronunciation
Noun
Rotte f (plural Rotten)
References
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