Pütt

See also: putt, put, and Putt

German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Pütt, from Middle Low German pütte, from Old Saxon putti, from Proto-Germanic *putjaz (“pit; well”), from Latin puteus (“pit; well”). Originally the same word as Pfütze (“puddle”); see there for cognates.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʏt/

Noun

Pütt m (genitive Pütts, plural Pütte)

(regional, western Germany, particularly Ruhrgebiet) mine shaft, pit
(regional, by extension) mine
Mein Großvater hat sein ganzes Leben auf dem Pütt gearbeitet.
My grandfather worked in the mine all his life.

Declension

Declension of Pütt

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pütt	die	Pütte
genitive	eines	des	Pütts	der	Pütte
dative	einem	dem	Pütt	den	Pütten
accusative	einen	den	Pütt	die	Pütte

Further reading

Pütt in Duden online

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