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Büttel

Büttel

German

Noun

Büttel m ‎(genitive Büttels, plural Büttel)

  1. (archaic) a court officer, usher or messenger
  2. (pejorative) a policeman
  3. someone relegated to performing menial service
Declension

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Büttel n ‎(genitive Büttels)

  1. A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Etymology

From Middle High German, from Old High German butil ‎(“court official, messenger”), from Proto-Germanic *budilaz ‎(“herald, messenger”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną ‎(“to announce, present, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ‎(“to make aware”). Akin to Swedish bödel and Old English bydel ‎(“beadle”). More at beadle.

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