reinbuttern
German, verb[ˈʁaɪ̯nˌbʊtɐn]
reinbuttern is spelled R-E-I-N-B-U-T-T-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reinbuttern is a German verb meaning “to spend, invest (money for some enterprise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Objekt oder eine Sache an einen bestimmten Ort befördern. Je nach Kontext sind verschiedenste Nuancen im…”.
What does reinbuttern mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto spend, invest (money for some enterprise)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Objekt oder eine Sache an einen bestimmten Ort befördern. Je nach Kontext sind verschiedenste Nuancen im Subtext enthalten, wie etwa die kraftvolle, gewaltsame, mit großem Aufwand verbundene, oder gar achtlose Beförderung an diesen Ort. 2. für eine Person oder eine Sache etwas/viel aus den eigenen Ressourcen (finanziell, zeitlich, …) zuschießen, beifügen oder hineinstecken
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 reinbuttern
- buttert rein present singular third-person
- butterte rein past
- reingebuttert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- reinbutternd participle present
- reinzubuttern infinitive infinitive-zu
- buttre rein first-person indicative present
- buttere rein first-person indicative present
- butter rein first-person indicative present
- buttern rein first-person indicative plural
- butterst rein indicative present second-person
- butterest rein second-person singular subjunctive
- buttrest rein second-person singular subjunctive
- butteret rein plural second-person subjunctive
- buttret rein plural second-person subjunctive
- butterten rein first-person indicative plural
- buttertest rein indicative preterite second-person
- buttertet rein indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reinbuttern?
- [ˈʁaɪ̯nˌbʊtɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is reinbuttern in German?
reinbuttern appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).