Vocabulary
die
Butter
/ˈbʊtɐ/· noun· Pl. —
butter
On the bread at breakfast and in the pan for the eggs — Germans buy it in 250-gram blocks.
CEFR A1Frequency ●●●●●
Your memory
New
Learning
Familiar
Strong
Mastered
Forms
- Singular
- die Butter
- Plural
- —
- Genitiv
- der Butter
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Butter
butter
Ich esse Brot mit Butter.
I eat bread with butter.
Word family
Butterdas Butterbrotslice of bread and butterdie Buttermilchbuttermilkdie Kräuterbutterherb butter
Common combinations
- Brot mit Butterbread and butter
- ein Stück Buttera knob of butter
- ein Päckchen Buttera block of butter
Common learner mistakes
- der Butterdie ButterButter is feminine: die Butter, eine Packung Butter.
Real examples
- Ich brauche noch Butter für den Kuchen.I still need butter for the cake.
- Die Butter ist im Kühlschrank.The butter is in the fridge.
- Nimmst du Butter oder Margarine?Are you having butter or margarine?
