Boot
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- As an English surname, from the noun boot.
- As a Dutch and German surname, from Bote (“messenger”), compare Bode. Also an occupational surname for a boatman, from boot.
Proper noun
[edit]Boot
- A surname.
- A small village in Eskdale parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY1701).
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Boot
- a surname
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot (compare modern English boat).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Boot n (strong, genitive Bootes or Boots, plural Boote, diminutive Bötchen n or Bötlein n)
- boat
- 1897, “Der Landbriefträger im Spreewalde”, in Die Gartenlaube, volume 10, page 164:
- Auf dem Wasser, im geschmückten Boote, fährt man den kleinen Spreewaldbürger nach Lübbenau oder Burg zur Taufe, im Boot begiebt sich der Abcschütz nach der Schule, und auf den grünen, freundlichen Spreewellen läßt man sich zur Arbeit wie zur Freude tragen.
- 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, “Träumerei auf einem Havelsee”, in Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa, pages 363–64:
- zwei Stunden lieg ich hier schon
und seh auf die Kiefern und in das Wasser hinein –
auf meinem Boot ganz allein.- I’ve been lying here for two hours now
looking at the pines and into the water—
all alone on my boat.
- I’ve been lying here for two hours now
- 3 January 1994, “Namen und Nachrichten: 3 656 Kubaner flüchteten 1993”, Berliner Zeitung:
- Wie die Küstenwache in Miami mitteilte, trafen in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten 3 656 Kubaner mit dem Boot in Florida ein, 43 Prozent mehr als 1992.
- The Coast Guard in Miami has reported that in the past twelve months, 3,656 Cubans arrived in Florida by boat, 43 percent more than in 1992.
Usage notes
[edit]- The diminutive Böötchen is proscribed nowadays and rather rare.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Boot [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Kashubian: bôt
Further reading
[edit]- “Boot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Boot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Boot” in Duden online
- “Boot” in Duden online
- Boot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Boot n (plural Boot)
- boat
- Ich faare mit meim Boot.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
[edit]Limburgish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- boot (Veldeke spelling)
- boeat (uncommon variant)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English bot (“boat, ship”), from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Boot n (German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)
Plautdietsch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot.
Noun
[edit]Boot n
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