Butze
German, noun
Butze is spelled B-U-T-Z-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butze is a German feminine noun meaning “small shack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, bütze is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “abgetrennte, fensterlose Schlafnische in Bauernhäusern”.
What does Butze mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininesmall shack
- 2
femininesynonym of Alkoven
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abgetrennte, fensterlose Schlafnische in Bauernhäusern 2. besonders kleine Bude, Bretterverschlag
noun: 1. gespensterhafte Figur, die Angst verbreitet
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 Butze
- Butzen plural
- Butz variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Butze in German?
Butze appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).