# rotte
## Afrikaans
### Noun

rotte
* plural of rot

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

rotte c (singular definite rotten, plural indefinite rotter)
* rat

#### Inflection
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

rotte
* inflection of rot:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

### Verb

rotte
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of rotten

## Estonian
### Noun

rotte
* partitive plural of rott

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrot.te/
* Rhymes: -otte
* Hyphenation: rót‧te

### Adjective

rotte
* feminine plural of rotto

### Noun

rotte f
* plural of rotta

### Participle

rotte
* feminine plural of rotto

### Anagrams

* Ettòr, retto, retto-, tetro, torte, trote

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

rotte
* Alternative form of ratte

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

rotte
* Alternative form of rote (“rote (musical instrument)”)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

rotte
* Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

rotte
* Alternative form of rot

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Middle Low German rotte.

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* brunrotte
* rottegift

### References

* “rotte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²rɔt.tə/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German rotte.

#### Noun

rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)
* 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 […]

##### Alternative forms

* rotta, røtte

##### Derived terms

* beverrotte
* bisamrotte
* brunrotte
* fjellrotte
* hotellrotte
* jordrotte
* kengururotte
* kloakkrotte
* kontorrotte
* kyrkjerotte
* moskusrotte
* rottebol
* rottefelle
* rottegift
* rottehòl
* rottereir
* rotteres
* rotterumpe
* svartrotte
* ta rotta på
* ullrotte
* vassrotte
* ørkenrotte

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German Rotte (“band”).

#### Verb

rotte (present tense rottar, past tense rotta, past participle rotta, passive infinitive rottast, present participle rottande, imperative rotte/rott)
* (reflexive) Used in the phrase rotte seg saman.

##### Alternative forms

* rotta

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)
* a base, a safe zone in a children's ball game, such as Danish longball etc.
* a game in which such bases are used; Danish longball

##### Alternative forms

* rota, rotta

### References

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

## Polabian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German rotte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɔt.tɛ/
* Syllabification: rot‧te

### Noun

rotte f
* rat

### References

* 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