Bottich

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Bavarian

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Etymology

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Compare German Bottech.

Noun

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Bottich ?

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German botech, boteche, Old High German botega, potacha (large barrel) (9th century). Primarily Upper German, likely loaned from a Late Latin variant of apothēca (storage room, wine cellar), in Middle Latin also "barrel, vessel, container", making it a doublet of Apotheke, Bodega, and Boutique, or from Latin butica, Late Latin buttis (barrel). The Old High German word was feminine, the masculine genus appears in Middle High German, although some Upper German dialects retain feminine gender (Bavarian bottig f).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔtɪç/
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Noun

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Bottich m (strong, genitive Bottichs, plural Bottiche)

  1. tub, vat (fairly large, open vessel)
    Synonyms: Kübel, Pott, Topf, Schüssel, Wanne, Bütte, Zuber

Usage notes

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  • A Bottich was originally a wooden vessel, which specification is maintained by several contemporary dictionaries. However, this is archaic. The word is now commonly used also for vessels made of plastic or even ceramic or stone. Only with metal, the term Kessel is preferable.

Declension

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See also

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Further reading

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  • Bottich” in Duden online
  • Bottich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swabian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A merger of Old High German botega (large barrel) and Old High German botah (body).[1]

Noun

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Bottich

  1. A wooden basin, bucket
  2. Trunk, body (of human or animal)

References

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  1. ^ Keller, Adelbert V. (1904) “Bottich”, in Schwäbisches Wörterbuch, volume 1, Tübingen: H. Laupp, page 1327