Butte

See also: Bütte, butte, and butté

English

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Butte (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Perhaps a variant spelling of Butt.

Proper noun

Butte (countable and uncountable, plural Buttes)

1. (countable) A surname.
2. A placename
   1. A census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.
   2. A city, the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, with which it is a consolidated city-county known as Butte-Silver Bow.
   3. A village, the county seat of Boyd County, Nebraska, United States.
   4. A city and village in McLean County, North Dakota, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Butte is the 37735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Butte is most common among White (81.66%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Butte”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 262.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊtə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Etymology 1

Noun

Butte f (genitive Butte, plural Butten)

1. dated form of Bütte

Etymology 2

Probably related to Butze, Butzen.

Noun

Butte f (genitive Butte, plural Butten)

1. (dialectal) lump

Related terms

• Hagebutte

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Butte m

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Butt (“flounder”)

Further reading

• “Butte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Butte” in Duden online
• “Butte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.