putte

See also: putté and Pütte

Afrikaans

Noun

putte

1. plural of put

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /putə/, [ˈpʰud̥ə]

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare also German Pute (“turkey”).

Interjection

putte

1. a call made to chickens

Alternative forms

• put

Noun

putte c (singular definite putten, plural indefinite putter)

1. (hypocoristic) hen
2. (hypocoristic, derogatory) child, young woman

Declension

Declension of putte

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	putte	putten	putter	putterne
genitive	puttes	puttens	putters	putternes

References

• “putte,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “putte,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Probably related to Old Norse pota (“to stick”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną. Either a Proto-Germanic side-form (*puttōną) or a younger gemination. In modern Danish, it is influenced by the English cognate English put.

Verb

putte (past tense puttede, past participle puttet)

1. (transitive) to stick, put (into something)
2. (transitive) to put (place somewhere)

   Synonyms: lægge, sætte

3. (transitive) to put (a child to bed)
4. (intransitive) to go to bed

Conjugation

Conjugation of putte

active passive infinitive putte puttes present putter puttes past puttede puttedes imperative put — participle present puttende past (have / havde) puttet gerund putten

References

• “putte,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “putte,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English putt (“to putt”).

Verb

putte (past tense puttede, past participle puttet)

1. (golf) to putt (hit a golf ball gently towards the hole with a putter (type of golf club))

Conjugation

Conjugation of putte

active passive infinitive putte puttes present putter puttes past puttede puttedes imperative put — participle present puttende past (have / havde) puttet gerund putten

References

• “putte,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʏ.tə/

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• Hyphenation: put‧te
• Rhymes: -ʏtə
• Homophone: Putte

Verb

putte

1. inflection of putten:
   1. singular past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) singular past/present subjunctive

French

Verb

putte

1. inflection of putter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, borrowed from Latin puteus.

Noun

putte m

1. pit, well

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	putte	putte
accusative	putte	putte
genitive	puts	putte
dative	putte	putten

Descendants

• Dutch: put
• Limburgish: pöt
• West Flemish: pit

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

putte (imperative putt, present tense putter, passive puttes, simple past and past participle putta or puttet, present participle puttende)

1. to put, to place
2. to set (put something down)
3. (golf) to putt (a golf ball)

Related terms

• putt (golf)

References

• “putte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• पुत्ते (Devanagari script)
• পুত্তে (Bengali script)
• පුත‍්තෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ပုတ္တေ or ပုတ်တေ (Burmese script)
• ปุตฺเต or ปุตเต (Thai script)
• ᨷᩩᨲ᩠ᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຸຕ຺ເຕ or ປຸຕເຕ (Lao script)
• បុត្តេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄪𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

putte m

1. locative singular of putta
2. accusative plural of putta

Swedish

Etymology

Probably originally imitative (ljudmålande).

Noun

putte c

1. (colloquial) a (small) boy

Declension

Declension of putte

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	putte	puttes
	definite	putten	puttens
plural	indefinite	puttar	puttars
	definite	puttarna	puttarnas

Adjective

putte

1. definite natural masculine singular of putt

Further reading

• “putte”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎^[1] (in Swedish), 1898–2023