rotte

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See also: Rotte and røtte

Afrikaans

Noun

rotte

  1. plural of rot

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German rotte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rattaz.

Noun

rotte c (singular definite rotten, plural indefinite rotter)

  1. rat

Inflection

Declension of rotte
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rotte rotten rotter rotterne
genitive rottes rottens rotters rotternes

Estonian

Noun

rotte

  1. partitive plural of rott

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrot.te/
  • Rhymes: -otte
  • Hyphenation: rót‧te

Noun

rotte f

  1. plural of rotta

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

rotte

  1. Alternative form of ratte

Etymology 2

Noun

rotte

  1. Alternative form of rote (“rote (musical instrument)”)

Etymology 3

Verb

rotte

  1. Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)

Etymology 4

Noun

rotte

  1. Alternative form of rot

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Middle Low German rotte.

Noun

rotte f or m (definite singular rotta or rotten, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)

  1. a rat

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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ei rotte

From Middle Low German rotte.

Noun

rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)

  1. a rat, a rodent of the genus Rattus
    • 1890, Arne Garborg, “Soveraader”, in Kolbotnbrev, Bergen: Litleré, page 60:
      Det er Laasen, han lirkar med, ein-tvo-tri, han skjer, han sagar, ein-tvo-tri, gneg som ei Rotte, ein-tvo-tri […]
      He is jiggling the lock, one-two-three, he cuts, he saws, one-two-three, gnaws like a rat, one-two-three
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German Rotte (“band”).

Verb

rotte (present tense rottar, past tense rotta, past participle rotta, passive infinitive rottast, present participle rottande, imperative rotte/rott)

  1. (reflexive) Used in the phrase rotte seg saman.
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

Compare with rode (“a type of military formation”).

Noun

rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)

  1. a base, a safe zone in a children's ball game, such as Danish longball etc.
  2. a game in which such bases are used; Danish longball
Alternative forms

References

  • “rotte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “rotte”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
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