Grotte
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See also: grotte
German
Etymology
From Italian grotto, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of Krypta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁɔtə/ (prescriptive standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡ̥ʀɔtɛ/ (Austria)
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔtə
Noun
Grotte f (genitive Grotte, plural Grotten)
Declension
Declension of Grotte
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Grotte” in Duden online
- “Grotte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Grotte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Grotte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Grotte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin gruptae, from Latin cryptae.
Proper noun
Grotte f