Büttel
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German bütel, butel, from Old High German butil (“court official, messenger”), from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald, messenger”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to announce, present, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to make aware”). Akin to Swedish bödel and Old English bydel (“beadle”). More at beadle.
Noun
[edit]Büttel m (strong, genitive Büttels, plural Büttel)
- (historical) a court officer, usher, messenger
- Synonyms: Amtsdiener, Gerichtsdiener
- (figurative) a lackey, stooge, one who is servile and/or performs menial service
- Synonyms: Lakai, Laufbursche, Handlanger, Knecht, Scherge
- Ich bin doch nicht dein Büttel! ― I'm not your servant!
- Europa macht sich zum Büttel amerikanischer Machtpolitik.
- Europe makes itself a stooge of American power politics.
- (rare, derogatory) a policeman
Declension
[edit]Declension of Büttel [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Büttel n (proper noun, genitive Büttels or (optionally with an article) Büttel)
Further reading
[edit]- “Büttel” in Duden online
- “Büttel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Büttel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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