Butte
German, noun
Butte is spelled B-U-T-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butte is a German feminine noun meaning “dated form of Bütte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Butt (“flounder”). With an umlaut, Bütte is a different word: “tub, vat, barrel (open vessel, often large and made of wood)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein großes Gefäß”.
What does Butte mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininedated form of Bütte
noun
- 1
femininelump
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Butt (“flounder”)
noun
- 1
femininetub, vat, barrel (open vessel, often large and made of wood)
- 2
femininea lectern for a comedic speaker in a carnival event, originally and still usually in the form of a wooden barrel
- 3
femininea wide vessel used in papermaking
- 4
femininecarrying basket
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein großes Gefäß 2. ein circa 30 Liter umfassendes Gefäß, welches bei der Weinlese von den Buttenträgern getragen und von den Lesehelfern mit Trauben gefüllt wird 3. eine büttenartige Vorrichtung, um eine Karnevalsrede zu halten
noun: 1. großes rundes oder ovales, oben offenes Gefäß
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 Butte
- Butten plural
- Bütten plural
- Bütt alternative
- Butte alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Butte in German?
Butte appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).