Chrotte

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Chrott

Etymology

From Middle High German krotte, kröte, krëte, from Old High German chrota, krota, kreta (“toad”), from Proto-West Germanic *krodu (“toad”).

Noun

Chrotte f

1. (Uri) toad

Derived terms

• Chrottepösche

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co. p. 20 (in § 23): "xrottə f. Kröte"