Polyglot Dictionary

Butterbrot

/ˈbʊtɐˌbʁoːt/

das noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Butterbrote

Meaning

  1. slice of bread and butter

    Built from Butter (butter) + Brot (bread).

    • Ich esse ein Butterbrot.

      I'm eating a slice of bread and butter.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Made of

  • Butter butter
  • Brot bread

Practice

1 What does Butterbrot mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich esse ein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Butterbrot?

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