Masculine
Butter
Concepts
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
anke
Appenzell Innerrhoden
anke
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
schmalz
Basel-Landschaft
angge
Fribourg
òòche
Fribourg
òòhe
St. Gallen
schmaalz
Zürich
anke
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbʊtɐ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German buter, butter, from Old High German butera, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā (“butter”). Though originally feminine, the word became masculine throughout Upper German and in southern dialects of West Central German. The now established feminine gender is East Central German, reinforced by Middle Low German boter f.
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