rotte

rotte

1. plural of rot

From Middle Low German rotte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rattaz.

rotte c (singular definite rotten, plural indefinite rotter)

1. rat

rotte

1. partitive plural of rott

• IPA^(key): /ˈrot.te/
• Rhymes: -otte
• Hyphenation: rót‧te

rotte f

1. plural of rotta

• Ettòr, retto, retto-, tetro, torte, trote

rotte

1. Alternative form of ratte

rotte

1. Alternative form of rote (“rote (musical instrument)”)

rotte

1. Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)

rotte

1. Alternative form of rot

From Middle Low German rotte.

rotte f or m (definite singular rotta or rotten, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)

1. a rat

• brunrotte
• rottegift

• “rotte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²rɔt.tə/

ei rotte

From Middle Low German rotte.

rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)

1. a rat, a rodent of the genus Rattus
   • 1890, Arne Garborg, “Soveraader”, in Kolbotnbrev, Bergen: Litleré, page 60:

     Det er Laasen, han lirkar med, ein-tvo-tri, han skjer, han sagar, ein-tvo-tri, gneg som ei Rotte, ein-tvo-tri […]

     He is jiggling the lock, one-two-three, he cuts, he saws, one-two-three, gnaws like a rat, one-two-three […]

• rotta, røtte

From Middle Low German Rotte (“band”).

rotte (present tense rottar, past tense rotta, past participle rotta, passive infinitive rottast, present participle rottande, imperative rotte/rott)

1. (reflexive) Used in the phrase rotte seg saman.

• rotta

Compare with rode (“a type of military formation”).

rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)

1. a base, a safe zone in a children's ball game, such as Danish longball etc.
2. a game in which such bases are used; Danish longball

• rota, rotta

• “rotte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “rotte”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016