Bottich

Bavarian

Etymology

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Noun

Bottich ?

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German

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔtɪç/

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Noun

Bottich m (strong, genitive Bottichs, plural Bottiche)

1. tub, vat (fairly large, open vessel)

   Synonyms: Kübel, Pott, Topf, Schüssel, Wanne, Bütte, Zuber

Usage notes

• 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

Declension of Bottich [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bottich	die	Bottiche
genitive	eines	des	Bottichs	der	Bottiche
dative	einem	dem	Bottich	den	Bottichen
accusative	einen	den	Bottich	die	Bottiche

See also

• Böttcher (not directly related)

Further reading

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

Swabian

Alternative forms

• Pottich

Etymology

A merger of Old High German botega (“large barrel”) and Old High German botah (“body”).

Noun

Bottich

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