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See also:bootandBOOT

English

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 Boot (surname) on Wikipedia
 Boot, Cumbria on Wikipedia

Etymology

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  • As an English surname, from the nounboot.
  • As aDutch andGerman surname, fromBote(messenger), compareBode. Also an occupational surname for a boatman, fromboot.

Proper noun

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Boot

  1. Asurname.
  2. A smallvillage inEskdale parish,Cumberland,Cumbria,England, previously inCopeland borough(OS grid ref NY1701).

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Boot

  1. asurname

German

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FWOTD – 27 October 2013

Etymology

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ViaMiddle Low Germanbōt, fromMiddle Englishbot (compare modernEnglishboat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Boot n (strong,genitiveBootesorBoots,pluralBoote,diminutiveBötchen norBötlein n)

  1. boat
    • 1897, “Der Landbriefträger im Spreewalde”, inDie Gartenlaube, volume10, page164:
      Auf dem Wasser, im geschmücktenBoote, fährt man den kleinen Spreewaldbürger nach Lübbenau oder Burg zur Taufe, imBoot begiebt sich der Abcschütz nach der Schule, und auf den grünen, freundlichen Spreewellen läßt man sich zur Arbeit wie zur Freude tragen.
      On the water, in a decorated boat, the little denizen of theSpreewald is taken toLübbenau orBurg to be baptized; in a boat the schoolchild goes to school; and on the friendly green waves of theSpree one is carried to work as if to joy.
    • 1929,Kurt Tucholsky, “Träumerei auf einem Havelsee”, inDas Lächeln der Mona Lisa, pages363–64:
      zwei Stunden lieg ich hier schon
       und seh auf die Kiefern und in das Wasser hinein –
        auf meinemBoot ganz allein.
      I’ve been lying here for two hours now
       looking at the pines and into the water—
        all alone on my boat.
    • 3 January 1994,“Namen und Nachrichten: 3 656 Kubaner flüchteten 1993”,Berliner Zeitung:
      Wie die Küstenwache in Miami mitteilte, trafen in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten 3 656 Kubaner mit demBoot in Florida ein, 43 Prozent mehr als 1992.
      The Coast Guard in Miami has reported that in the past twelve months, 3,656 Cubans arrived in Florida by boat, 43 percent more than in 1992.

Usage notes

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  • The diminutiveBöötchen is proscribed nowadays and rather rare.

Declension

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Declension ofBoot [neuter, strong]
singularplural
indef.def.noundef.noun
nominativeeindasBootdieBoote
genitiveeinesdesBootes,BootsderBoote
dativeeinemdemBoot,Boote1denBooten
accusativeeindasBootdieBoote

1Now rare,see notes.

Hyponyms

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Related terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Boot” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Boot” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Boot” inDuden online
  • Boot” inDuden online
  • Boot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipediade

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Low Germanbōt, fromMiddle Englishbot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Boot n (pluralBoot)

  1. boat
    Ich faare mit meim Boot.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

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  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Boot”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Limburgish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbot(boat, ship), fromOld Englishbāt, fromProto-West Germanic*bait, fromProto-Germanic*baitaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Boot n(German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)

  1. boat
    Synonyms:Scheep(general),Schéff(Eupen)

Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Low Germanbōt, fromMiddle Englishbot.

Noun

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Boot n

  1. boat,skiff,yawl
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