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

From German zusammenrotten.

rotte (imperative rot, infinitive at rotte, present tense rotter, past tense rottede, perfect tense rottet)

1. (reflexive) (used with sammen) to band together; to form a conspiracy; to gang up

   de har nu rottet sig sammen, i håbet om at det ville øge chancerne for succes

   they have now banded together, in the hope that it would increase the chances of success

• “rotte” in Den Danske Ordbog

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rotte

1. inflection of rot:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

rotte

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of rotten

rotte

1. partitive plural of rott

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

rotte

1. feminine plural of rotto

rotte f

1. plural of rotta

rotte

1. feminine plural of rotto

• 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/

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

Borrowed from Middle Low German rotte.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔt.tɛ/
• Syllabification: rot‧te

rotte f

1. rat

• Polański, Kazimierz (1976) “rotte”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 4 (perĕt – ŕotťǝ), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 647