Botter

See also: botter and bótter

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from botter (“type of fishing vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.tər/

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• Hyphenation: Bot‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɔtər
• Homophone: botter

Proper noun

Botter n

1. A neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands.

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Bodder (Mecklenburgisch)
• Buoter, Buotter
• Bueter (Märkisch)

Etymology

From Middle Low German botter, boter, from Old Saxon *butera, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally “cow cheese”). Cognate with German Butter, Dutch boter, English butter, West Frisian bûter.

Noun

Botter f (no plural)

1. (Münsterland, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch, Low Prussian) butter
   • 1991, Ulrich Tolksdorf, Ermländische Protokolle: Alltagserzählungen in Mundart: Gloms on Dwarg wurd ook jemoakt, page 212:

     on denn sull doa Botter ware

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• Botterbrod (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)
• Botterbrot (Dithmarsisch, Altmärkisch, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)

Limburgish

Noun

Botter f (plural Bottere)

1. Eupen spelling of Bote̩r

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German butira, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally “cow cheese”). Cognate with German Butter, Dutch boter, English butter, West Frisian bûter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboteʀ/, [ˈbotɐ]

Noun

Botter m (uncountable)

1. butter