Motte

See also: motte, mõtte, mötte, and møtte

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German motte, mutte, from Old Saxon *motta, *motto, from Proto-West Germanic *mottō, *moþþō. Cognate with Dutch mot and English moth, which see for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔtə/
Audio (Austria) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔtə

Noun

Motte f (genitive Motte, plural Motten)

moth, any nocturnal butterfly
(specifically) moth, a member of Tineidae
(specifically) the clothing moth, Tineola bisselliella

Declension

Declension of Motte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Motte	die	Motten
genitive	einer	der	Motte	der	Motten
dative	einer	der	Motte	den	Motten
accusative	eine	die	Motte	die	Motten

Derived terms

die Motten kriegen
einmotten
Gespinstmotte
Kleidermotte
Lauchmotte
Mehlmotte
Mottenfraß
Mottenkugel
Mottenschildlaus

See also

Further reading

“Motte” in Duden online
“Motte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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