Matte

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See also: matte, matté, mätte, måtte, and maťte

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German matte, from Old High German matta, from Late Latin matta, from a Semitic language.

Noun

Matte f (genitive Matte, plural Matten)

  1. mat
Declension
Declension of Matte
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Matte die Matten
genitive einer der Matte der Matten
dative einer der Matte den Matten
accusative eine die Matte die Matten
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German mate, matte, from Old High German *mata (attested in matoscrec (“grasshopper”)), from Proto-Germanic *maþwō or *madwō. Cognate with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German māde. Also related to English meadow (from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō).

Noun

Matte f (genitive Matte, plural Matten)

  1. (Switzerland or dialectal) meadow
    Synonym: Wiese
    • 1804, Friedrich Schiller, “Erster Aufzug”, in Wilhelm Tell:
      Hirte: Ihr Matten lebt wohl, / Ihr sonnigen Weiden! / Der Senne muß scheiden, / Der Sommer ist hin.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1983, “Die Sennerin vom Königssee”, in Joachim Gaiser (lyrics), Ulrich Herter (music), Vom Königssee in ferne Länder, performed by Kiz:
      Hoch in den Bergen überm Königsee / da haust die Maid und hütet Vieh im frischen Klee / hoch auf den sonnigen Matten / Sie ist so fromm und dennoch ungehemmt
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Matte
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Matte die Matten
genitive einer der Matte der Matten
dative einer der Matte den Matten
accusative eine die Matte die Matten

Further reading

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Pronunciation

Noun

Matte m

  1. plural of Matt
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