Otter

See also: otter

English

Proper noun

Otter

  1. A river whose source in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, and which flows into Lyme Bay in English Channel.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔtɐ/

Etymology 1

From Old High German otter, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós.

Noun

Otter m (genitive Otters, plural Otter)

  1. otter
Declension
Declension of Otter
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Otter die Otter
genitive eines des Otters der Otter
dative einem dem Otter den Ottern
accusative einen den Otter die Otter
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old High German nātara. Originally the same word as Natter (“colubrid”). 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 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.

Noun

Otter f (genitive Otter, plural Ottern)

  1. adder
  2. viper
Usage notes
  • At least outside of scientific parlance, this word is chiefly restricted to compound words.
Declension
Declension of Otter
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Otter die Ottern
genitive einer der Otter der Ottern
dative einer der Otter den Ottern
accusative eine die Otter die Ottern
Derived terms
  • Kreuzotter
  • Otterngezücht
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.