Motte
German, noun
Motte is spelled M-O-T-T-E (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Motte is a German feminine noun meaning “moth (any nocturnal butterfly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, motte is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kleinschmetterling mit etwa 1 cm spannenden schmalen Flügeln, dessen Raupe unter anderem Wolle, Seide…”.
What does Motte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemoth (any nocturnal butterfly)
- 2
femininemoth (any member of the Tineidae family)
- 3
femininethe clothing moth (Tineola bisselliella)
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. Kleinschmetterling mit etwa 1 cm spannenden schmalen Flügeln, dessen Raupe unter anderem Wolle, Seide, Pelzwerk und Tapeten befällt 2. nicht zu den Tagfaltern gehörender Schmetterling 3. Turmhügelburg; frühe Burgform auf einem Erdhügel
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 Motte
- Motten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Motte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Motte in German?
Motte appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).