Matte

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See also: matte, matté, mätte, måtte, and maťte

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From Middle High German matte, from Old High German matta, from Late Latin matta, from a Semitic language.

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Matte f (genitive Matte, plural Matten)

  1. mat
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle High German mate, matte, from Old High German *mata (attested in matoscrec (grasshopper)), from Proto-Germanic *maþwō or *madwō. Cognate with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German māde. Also related to English meadow (from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō).

Noun[edit]

Matte f (genitive Matte, plural Matten)

  1. (Switzerland or dialectal) meadow
    Synonym: Wiese
    • 1804, Friedrich Schiller, “Erster Aufzug”, in Wilhelm Tell:
      Hirte: Ihr Matten lebt wohl, / Ihr sonnigen Weiden! / Der Senne muß scheiden, / Der Sommer ist hin.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1983, “Die Sennerin vom Königssee”, in Joachim Gaiser (lyrics), Ulrich Herter (music), Vom Königssee in ferne Länder, performed by Kiz:
      Hoch in den Bergen überm Königsee / da haust die Maid und hütet Vieh im frischen Klee / hoch auf den sonnigen Matten / Sie ist so fromm und dennoch ungehemmt
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Matte m

  1. plural of Matt