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See also: boot and BOOT

English

 Boot (surname) on Wikipedia
 Boot, Cumbria on Wikipedia

Etymology

  • As an English surname, from the noun boot.
  • As a Dutch and German surname, from Bote (“messenger”), compare Bode. Also an occupational surname for a boatman, from boot.

Proper noun

Boot

  1. A surname.
  2. A small village in Eskdale parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY1701).

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Boot

  1. a surname

German

FWOTD – 27 October 2013

Etymology

Via Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot (compare modern English boat).

Pronunciation

Noun

Boot n (strong, genitive Bootes or Boots, plural Boote, diminutive Bötchen n or Bötlein n)

  1. boat
    • 1897, “Der Landbriefträger im Spreewalde”, in Die Gartenlaube, volume 10, page 164:
      Auf dem Wasser, im geschmückten Boote, fährt man den kleinen Spreewaldbürger nach Lübbenau oder Burg zur Taufe, im Boot begiebt sich der Abcschütz nach der Schule, und auf den grünen, freundlichen Spreewellen läßt man sich zur Arbeit wie zur Freude tragen.
      On the water, in a decorated boat, the little denizen of the Spreewald is taken to Lübbenau or Burg to be baptized; in a boat the schoolchild goes to school; and on the friendly green waves of the Spree one is carried to work as if to joy.
    • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, “Träumerei auf einem Havelsee”, in Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa, pages 363–64:
      zwei Stunden lieg ich hier schon
       und seh auf die Kiefern und in das Wasser hinein –
        auf meinem Boot ganz allein.
      I’ve been lying here for two hours now
       looking at the pines and into the water—
        all alone on my boat.
    • 3 January 1994, “Namen und Nachrichten: 3 656 Kubaner flüchteten 1993”, Berliner Zeitung:
      Wie die Küstenwache in Miami mitteilte, trafen in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten 3 656 Kubaner mit dem Boot in Florida ein, 43 Prozent mehr als 1992.
      The Coast Guard in Miami has reported that in the past twelve months, 3,656 Cubans arrived in Florida by boat, 43 percent more than in 1992.

Usage notes

  • The diminutive Böötchen is proscribed nowadays and rather rare.

Declension

Declension of Boot [neuter, strong]
More information singular, plural ...

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: bôt

Further reading

  • “Boot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Boot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Boot” in Duden online
  • “Boot” in Duden online
  • Boot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːt/
  • Rhymes: -oːt
  • Syllabification: Boot

Noun

Boot n (plural Boot)

  1. boat
    Ich faare mit meim Boot.
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Further reading

  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Boot”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
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Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English bot (“boat, ship”), from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boːt/
  • Hyphenation: Boot
  • Rhymes: -oːt

Noun

Boot n (German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)

  1. boat
    Synonyms: Scheep (general), Schéff (Eupen)
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Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot.

Noun

Boot n

  1. boat, skiff, yawl

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