Butterdose
German, noun/ˈbʊtɐˌdoːzə/
Butterdose is spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-D-O-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written German, the 381,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butterdose is a German feminine noun meaning “butter dish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Behältnis, meist mit Deckel, zur Aufbewahrung von Butter”.
What does Butterdose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebutter dish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Behältnis, meist mit Deckel, zur Aufbewahrung von Butter
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 Butterdose
- Butterdosen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Butterdose?
- /ˈbʊtɐˌdoːzə/
- [ˈbʊtɐˌdoːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Butterdose in German?
Butterdose appears about once in every 41 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).