buttern

== German == === Etymology === From Late Middle High German *buttern, puttern (15th c.). By surface analysis, Butter +‎ -n. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbʊtɐn] Hyphenation: but‧tern === Verb === buttern (weak, third-person singular present buttert, past tense butterte, past participle gebuttert, auxiliary haben) to butter (intransitive) to spread or add butter (transitive) to spread butter on, to add butter to (figurative) to spend, invest to churn Synonym: (regional or specialist) kirnen (intransitive) to make butter (transitive) to churn (milk, cream) into butter (intransitive, of milk, cream) to turn into butter (figurative, dated) to hit, thrust, bump, (also vulgar) to hump, shag ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “buttern” in Duden online “buttern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)