Pott

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English

Etymology

Proper noun

Pott

  1. A surname.

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German pot and Middle High German pot (West Central German, 12th century), from Old Saxon *pott, from Proto-West Germanic *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz. See English pot for more.

Noun

Pott m (strong, genitive Pottes or Potts, plural Pötte)

  1. (regional) large cup
    ein Pott Kaffee ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (regional) pot (cooking vessel)
  3. (regional) pot; jar (storage vessel)
  4. (informal) large ship
    • 2023 July 9, Hermannus Pfeiffer, “Seeschifffahrt ohne CO2-Emissionen: Freie Fahrt für klimaneutrale Pötte”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      Ohne Schifffahrt gäbe es keine Globalisierung. Bezogen auf ihre Transportleistung ist die Welthandelsflotte zwar weit sauberer als Lkw, Flugzeug oder Bahn. Aber die dicken Pötte, die bis zu 20.000 Container befördern, werden zum großen Teil mit dreckigen Rückstandsölen betrieben.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  5. (informal) cup (sports trophy)
  6. (gambling) pot
  7. (colloquial) toilet
Usage notes
  • In its original use for a kitchen vessel, the word is used chiefly in western and northern Germany. For “large cup” it is commonly found in writing in these areas. The sense “cooking or storage vessel” is also very common in the vernaculars, but the more properly standard term Topf tends to be preferred in writing.
  • The derived meanings, particularly that of “sports trophy”, are not regionally restricted (at least not within Germany).
Declension
Declension of Pott
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Pott die Pötte
genitive eines des Pottes, Potts der Pötte
dative einem dem Pott, Potte1 den Pötten
accusative einen den Pott die Pötte

1Now rare, see notes.

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Etymology 2

Proper noun

Pott m (proper noun, strong, genitive Potts)

  1. (informal) Ellipsis of Ruhrpott; the Ruhr Area
    • 1995 November 10, Bernd Müllender, “Ente, wir danken Sie”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN, page 19:
      Das volle alte Ruhrpottklischee: Links die Autobahn, daneben Müllverbrennungsanlage, die alte Kokerei, die Veba- Chemie. […] Hier hat Willi „Ente“ Lippens seine Ranch; er züchtet Pferde und führt eine Ausflugskneipe mit Namen „Mitten im Pott“.
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Etymology 3

Proper noun

Pott m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Potts or (with an article) Pott, feminine genitive Pott, plural Potts)

  1. a surname

Further reading

  • “Pott” in Duden online
  • “Pott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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