Butterfahrt
German, noun/ˈbʊtɐˌfaːɐ̯t/
Butterfahrt is spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-F-A-H-R-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butterfahrt is a German feminine noun meaning “organized boat trip to sell duty-free goods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausflug auf einem Schiff über die deutsche Zollgrenze hinweg, bei dem die Möglichkeit bestand Waren zollfrei…”.
What does Butterfahrt mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfeminineorganized boat trip to sell duty-free goods
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ausflug auf einem Schiff über die deutsche Zollgrenze hinweg, bei dem die Möglichkeit bestand Waren zollfrei, und damit günstiger, einzukaufen
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 Butterfahrt
- Butterfahrten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Butterfahrt?
- /ˈbʊtɐˌfaːɐ̯t/
- [ˈbʊtɐˌfaːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Butterfahrt in German?
Butterfahrt appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).