Butt
German, noun
Butt is spelled B-U-T-T (4 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butt is a German masculine noun meaning “European flounder (Platichthys flesus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Bütt is a different word: “alternative form of Bütte, used especially in the sense “lectern for…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “norddeutscher Name der Flunder”.
What does Butt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineEuropean flounder (Platichthys flesus)
- 2
masculinelefteye flounder (fish of the family Bothidae)
- 3
masculineturbot (fish of the family Scophthalmidae)
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of Bütte, used especially in the sense “lectern for a carnival comedian”; see the main lemma.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. norddeutscher Name der Flunder 2. eine Familie (Bóthidae, Scophthálmidae) der Plattfische
noun: 1. großes rundes oder ovales Gefäß ohne Deckel 2. Pult für die Redner bei Prunksitzungen im rheinischen Karneval
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Butt
- Buttes genitive
- Butts genitive
- Butte plural
- Butten dative definite plural
- Bütten plural
- Buttje diminutive
- Bütte variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Butt in German?
Butt appears 1.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).