Butterbrot
German, noun/ˈbʊtɐˌbʁoːt/
Butterbrot is spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-B-R-O-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butterbrot is a German neuter noun meaning “A slice of bread topped with butter and often other toppings; an open sandwich” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Scheibe Brot, die (unter anderem) mit einer Schicht Butter (oder auch Margarine) bestrichen ist”.
What does Butterbrot mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterA slice of bread topped with butter and often other toppings; an open sandwich
- 2
neuterA sandwich (brought along to eat at school, at work, on a trip, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Scheibe Brot, die (unter anderem) mit einer Schicht Butter (oder auch Margarine) bestrichen ist
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 Butterbrot
- Butterbrotes genitive
- Butterbrots genitive
- Butterbrote plural
- Butterbroten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Butterbrot?
- /ˈbʊtɐˌbʁoːt/
- [ˈbʊtɐˌbʁoːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Butterbrot in German?
Butterbrot appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).