Motte
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Motte
- A surname.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]Motte f (genitive Motte, plural Motten)
- moth, any nocturnal butterfly
- (specifically) moth, a member of Tineidae
- (specifically) the clothing moth, Tineola bisselliella
Declension
[edit]Declension of Motte [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Falter m
- Tagfalter m
- Nachtfalter m
- Raupe f
- Schmetterling m
- Sommervogel m
Further reading
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- German terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ɔtə
- Rhymes:German/ɔtə/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- de:Moths