Böttcher

== German == === Etymology === In its modern form pertaining to Bottich (“tub”), but not directly related to it. Instead from Middle Low German bödeker with the Low German suffix -ker from böde (“barrel”) (compare Bütt); in early modern German (East Central German) adapted to the High German consonantism as botticher (at that time possibly already associated with Bottich). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbœtçɐ/ === Noun === Böttcher m (strong, genitive Böttchers, plural Böttcher, feminine Böttcherin) (regional, chiefly northern and eastern Germany) cooper Synonyms: Büttner, Fassbinder, Küfer, Schäffler ==== Usage notes ==== The term “cooper” is one of several in which regional fragmentation has never made way for a generally accepted standard term. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Böttcherei böttchern === Proper noun === Böttcher m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Böttchers or (with an article) Böttcher, feminine genitive Böttcher, plural Böttchers or Böttcher) a surname originating as an occupation === See also === Bottich === Further reading === “Böttcher”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Böttcher” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon