Butterbrot

See also: butterbrot

German

Etymology

From Butter (“butter”) +‎ Brot (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊtɐˌbʁoːt/

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• Hyphenation: But‧ter‧brot

Noun

Butterbrot n (strong, genitive Butterbrotes or Butterbrots, plural Butterbrote)

1. A slice of bread topped with butter and often other toppings; an open sandwich

   Synonyms: belegtes Brot, (colloquial, Westphalia) Bütterken

2. A sandwich (brought along to eat at school, at work, on a trip, etc.)

Declension

Declension of Butterbrot [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Butterbrot	die	Butterbrote
genitive	eines	des	Butterbrotes, Butterbrots	der	Butterbrote
dative	einem	dem	Butterbrot, Butterbrote1	den	Butterbroten
accusative	ein	das	Butterbrot	die	Butterbrote

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Butterbrotpapier

Related terms

• Abendbrot
• Käsebrot
• Schinkenbrot
• Schmierbrot
• Wurstbrot

Descendants

• → English: butterbrot
• → Russian: бутербро́д (buterbród)

Further reading

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