Pütt

See also: putt, put, and Putt

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Middle Low German pütte, from Old Saxon putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti (“a well”). Doublet of Pfütze (“puddle”) and Pütz (“well; bucket”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʏt/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Pütt m (strong, genitive Pütts, plural Pütte)

  1. (regional, western Germany, particularly Ruhrgebiet) mine shaft, pit
  2. (regional, by extension) mine
    Mein Großvater hat sein ganzes Leben auf dem Pütt gearbeitet.
    My grandfather worked in the mine all his life.

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “Pütt” in Duden online
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