Butternacht

== German == === Etymology === Butter (“butter”) +‎ Nacht (“night”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʊtɐˌnaxt/ === Proper noun === Butternacht f (genitive Butternacht, no plural) (historical) The night of the 1st of August 1963, during which the village of Elten reverted to German sovereignty after fourteen years of Dutch administration, on which occasion very many exporters of dutiable goods (especially butter) parked their freight trucks in the village overnight in order to export those goods into Germany without crossing the Netherlands–Germany border, thereby avoiding import taxes. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Elten on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de