"Otter" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔtɐ/
Etymology: From Middle High German otter, from Old High German ottar, from Proto-West Germanic *ot(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|otter}} Middle High German otter, {{inh|de|goh|ottar}} Old High German ottar, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*ot(t)r}} Proto-West Germanic *ot(t)r, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*utraz}} Proto-Germanic *utraz, {{inh|de|ine-pro|*udrós}} Proto-Indo-European *udrós Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Otter m (strong, genitive Otters, plural Otter) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Otters [genitive], Otter [plural], strong [table-tags], Otter [nominative, singular], Otter [definite, nominative, plural], Otters [genitive, singular], Otter [definite, genitive, plural], Otter [dative, singular], Ottern [dative, definite, plural], Otter [accusative, singular], Otter [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. otter Tags: masculine, strong Categories (lifeform): Mustelids Derived forms: Fischotter [masculine], Seeotter [masculine]
    Sense id: en-Otter-de-noun-kUy2Shv6 Disambiguation of Mustelids: 84 13 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɔtɐ/
Etymology: From early New High German nō̆ter, eastern secondary form of Middle High German nāter, from Old High German nātara. Originally the same word as Natter “colubrid”, which see. The form is based on the common dialectal development -ā- → -ō- with subsequent irregular shortening. Loss of initial n- is a common development in the Germanic languages and is due to metanalysis, i.e. the unetymological segmentation of preceding endings or articles, for example: *eine notter, dialectally *en notter → *en‿otter. The same happened in Dutch adder and English adder. The German form was spread by Luther. Etymology templates: {{m|de|nō̆ter}} nō̆ter, {{der|de|gmh|nāter}} Middle High German nāter, {{der|de|goh|nātara}} Old High German nātara, {{doublet|de|Natter|notext=1}} Natter, {{m-g|colubrid}} “colubrid”, {{cog|nl|adder}} Dutch adder, {{cog|en|adder}} English adder Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Otter f (genitive Otter, plural Ottern) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Otter [genitive], Ottern [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Otter [nominative, singular], Ottern [definite, nominative, plural], Otter [genitive, singular], Ottern [definite, genitive, plural], Otter [dative, singular], Ottern [dative, definite, plural], Otter [accusative, singular], Ottern [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. adder Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Otter-de-noun-t6LQ-czw Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 19 61 19
  2. viper Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Vipers
    Sense id: en-Otter-de-noun-iV0bqcoG Disambiguation of Vipers: 1 43 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Kreuzotter, Otterngezücht
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        [
          "adder",
          "adder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "viper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "viper",
          "viper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔtɐ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Otter"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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