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Butter

See also: butter

English

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Etymology

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Various origins:

  • From butter, a metonymic occupational surname for a dairyman or seller of butter.
  • From Old French butor (“bittern”), a nickname for someone who resembled a bittern, perhaps because of his voice.
  • Borrowed from Dutch and German Butter, possibly a short form of various compound names.

Proper noun

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Butter (plural Butters)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Butter is the 39164th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 562 individuals. Butter is most common among White (72.95%) and Black/African American (10.14%) individuals.

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German

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws
Proto-Hellenic *gʷous
Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs)
Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós
Proto-Hellenic *tūrós
Ancient Greek τυρός (turós)
Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron)bor.
Latin būtȳrumbor.
Proto-West Germanic *buterā
Old High German butira
Middle High German buter
German Butter

    From Middle High German buter, butter, from Old High German butera, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā (“butter”).

    Though originally feminine, the word became masculine throughout Upper German and in southern dialects of West Central German. The now established feminine gender is East Central German, reinforced by Middle Low German boter f.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    Butter f (genitive Butter, no plural) or
    Butter (dialectal) m (strong, genitive Butters, no plural)

    1. butter
      Synonym: (Switzerland) Anke

    Usage notes

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    • In the formal standard language, Butter is exclusively feminine. Masculine use is sometimes adopted from local dialects into colloquial German, especially in Swabia.

    Declension

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    Declension of Butter [sg-only, feminine]
    singular
    indef. def. noun
    nominative eine die Butter
    genitive einer der Butter
    dative einer der Butter
    accusative eine die Butter
    Declension of Butter [sg-only, masculine (dialectal), strong]
    singular
    indef. def. noun
    nominative ein der Butter
    genitive eines des Butters
    dative einem dem Butter
    accusative einen den Butter

    Hyponyms

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    Further reading

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    Hunsrik

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Middle High German buter.[1]

      Cognate with German Butter.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈputa/
      • Rhymes: -uta
      • Syllabification: But‧ter

      Noun

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      Butter f

      1. (uncountable) butter
        Ich esse Brod mit Butter.
        I eat bread with butter.

      References

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      1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Butter”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 20, column 1
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