Pütt

See also: putt, put, and Putt

German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Pütt, from Middle Low German pütte, from Old Saxon putti, from Proto-Germanic *putjaz (“pit; well”), from Latin puteus (“pit; well”). Originally the same word as Pfütze (“puddle”); see there for cognates.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʏt/

Noun

Pütt m (genitive Pütts, plural Pütte)

  1. (regional, western Germany, particularly Ruhrgebiet) mine shaft, pit
  2. (regional, by extension) mine
    Mein Großvater hat sein ganzes Leben auf dem Pütt gearbeitet.
    My grandfather worked in the mine all his life.

Declension
Declension of Pütt
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Pütt die Pütte
genitive eines des Pütts der Pütte
dative einem dem Pütt den Pütten
accusative einen den Pütt die Pütte

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