Definition
A solid fat made from milk or cream, used as a spread and for cooking or baking.
Translations
- English
- butter
- Français
- beurre
- Türkçe
- tereyağı
- Polski
- masło
- Русский
- сливочное масло
- Українська
- вершкове масло
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Butter
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
butter
/diː ˈbʊtɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Butter wird im Kühlschrank fest.NominativSing.The butter becomes firm in the refrigerator.
- Ich streiche Butter aufs Brot.AkkusativSing.I spread butter on the bread.
- Ich esse Brot mit Butter.DativSing.I eat bread with butter.
- Der Geschmack der Butter passt gut zu frischem Brot.GenitivSing.The taste of butter goes well with fresh bread.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Butter/ˈbʊtɐ/
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Article phrase
die Butter/diː ˈbʊtɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Butter | — |
| Akkusativ | die Butter | — |
| Dativ | der Butter | — |
| Genitiv | der Butter | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionBrot mit Buttermit + Dativ
- CollocationButter aufs Brot streichen
- Prepositional constructionmit Butter bratenmit + Dativ
- CollocationButter schmelzen
- CollocationButter zum Backen verwenden
- Adjective combinationweiche Butter
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termMargarine
Margarine is a butter-like, usually plant-based spread for bread, but not dairy butter.
- Related termKäse
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Butter“ is synchronically a simple noun without productive German word-formation structure.
Word family
- buttern