rotte

See also: Rotte

Afrikaans

Noun

rotte

  1. plural of rot

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German rotte.

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

Italian

Noun

rotte f

  1. plural of rotta

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ræt.

Noun

rotte

  1. Alternative form of ratte

Etymology 2

From Old French rote.

Noun

rotte

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

Etymology 3

From Old English rotian.

Verb

rotte

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

Etymology 4

A back-formation from roten (“to rot”).

Noun

rotte

  1. Alternative form of rot

Norwegian Bokmål

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German rotte.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²rɔtːə/

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":
      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 […]

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