Butterfass

German

Alternative forms

• Butterfaß (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle High German *butervaz (attested 15th c. as bottervais, putterfas). By surface analysis, Butter (“butter”) +‎ Fass (“vat, barrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʊtɐˌfas]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: But‧ter‧fass

Noun

Butterfass n (strong, genitive Butterfasses, plural Butterfässer)

1. a butter-churn, vessel for churning butter

   Synonyms: (regional) Kirne, Karn

Declension

Declension of Butterfass [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Butterfass	die	Butterfässer
genitive	eines	des	Butterfasses	der	Butterfässer
dative	einem	dem	Butterfass, Butterfasse1	den	Butterfässern
accusative	ein	das	Butterfass	die	Butterfässer

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

• Holzfass

Related terms

• Buttermilch
• buttern

Further reading

• “Butterfass”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Butterfass” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Butterfass” in Duden online