Butt

See also: butt, but, bút, bût, būt, and but-

English

Proper noun

Butt

A surname.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German [Term?], from Middle Low German but, butte. Cognate with Dutch bot, English halibut.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʊt/
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Noun

Butt m (genitive Butts or Buttes, plural Butte)

(Northern Germany) flounder (Platichthys flesus)
lefteye flounder (fish of the family Bothidae)
turbot (fish of the family Scophthalmidae)

Declension

Declension of Butt

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Butt	die	Butte
genitive	eines	des	Buttes, Butts	der	Butte
dative	einem	dem	Butt, Butte¹	den	Butten
accusative	einen	den	Butt	die	Butte

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Further reading

Butt in Duden online

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