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Otter

German, noun/ˈɔtɐ/

Otter is spelled O-T-T-E-R (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Otter is a German masculine noun meaning “otter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines Säugetier, das im und am Wasser lebt und zur Familie der Marder gehört”.

What does Otter mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineotter

noun

  1. 1

    feminineviper, adder

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. kleines Säugetier, das im und am Wasser lebt und zur Familie der Marder gehört

noun: 1. Giftschlange

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 Otter

  • Otters genitive
  • Ottern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Otter?

  • /ˈɔtɐ/
  • [ˈɔtɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Otter

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Otter in German?

Otter appears 1.1 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).

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