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English
Etymology
- As an English surname, from the noun boot.
- As a Dutch and German surname, from Bote (“messenger”), compare Bode. Also an occupational surname for a boatman, from boot.
Proper noun
Boot
- A surname.
- A small village in Eskdale parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY1701).
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Boot
- a surname
German
Etymology
Via Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot (compare modern English boat).
Pronunciation
Noun
Boot n (strong, genitive Bootes or Boots, plural Boote, diminutive Bötchen n or Bötlein n)
- boat
1897, “Der Landbriefträger im Spreewalde”, in Die Gartenlaube, volume 10, page 164:Auf dem Wasser, im geschmückten Boote, fährt man den kleinen Spreewaldbürger nach Lübbenau oder Burg zur Taufe, im Boot begiebt sich der Abcschütz nach der Schule, und auf den grünen, freundlichen Spreewellen läßt man sich zur Arbeit wie zur Freude tragen.- On the water, in a decorated boat, the little denizen of the Spreewald is taken to Lübbenau or Burg to be baptized; in a boat the schoolchild goes to school; and on the friendly green waves of the Spree one is carried to work as if to joy.
1929, Kurt Tucholsky, “Träumerei auf einem Havelsee”, in Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa, pages 363–64:zwei Stunden lieg ich hier schon
und seh auf die Kiefern und in das Wasser hinein –
auf meinem Boot ganz allein.- I’ve been lying here for two hours now
looking at the pines and into the water—
all alone on my boat.
- 3 January 1994, “Namen und Nachrichten: 3 656 Kubaner flüchteten 1993”, Berliner Zeitung:
Wie die Küstenwache in Miami mitteilte, trafen in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten 3 656 Kubaner mit dem Boot in Florida ein, 43 Prozent mehr als 1992.- The Coast Guard in Miami has reported that in the past twelve months, 3,656 Cubans arrived in Florida by boat, 43 percent more than in 1992.
Usage notes
- The diminutive Böötchen is proscribed nowadays and rather rare.
Declension
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Related terms
Further reading
- “Boot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Boot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Boot” in Duden online
- “Boot” in Duden online
- Boot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot.
Pronunciation
Noun
Boot n (plural Boot)
- boat
Ich faare mit meim Boot.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
Limburgish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English bot (“boat, ship”), from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
Boot n (German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)
- boat
- Synonyms: Scheep , Schéff
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot.
Noun
Boot n
- boat, skiff, yawl