bytte

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bytə/, [ˈb̥yd̥ə]

Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German bǖte, of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (victory, booty, spoils). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.

This source is comparable to German Beute, late Old Norse býti, and Swedish byte; also French butin (hence English booty).

Noun

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bytte n (singular definite byttet, not used in plural form)

  1. loot, plunder, booty, spoils
  2. prey
  3. exchange, swap, swop
Declension
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German bǖten, a verb derived from the former noun. Perhaps partially from Proto-Germanic *biūtijaną, a compound of *bi- and *ūtijaną (cf. Old Norse ýta, Danish yde).

Verb

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bytte (past tense byttede, past participle byttet)

  1. to exchange
  2. to swap, swop
  3. to change
  4. to trade
  5. to barter
Conjugation
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse býti and Middle Low German bute.

Noun

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bytte n (definite singular byttet, indefinite plural bytter, definite plural bytta or byttene)

  1. change, exchange, swap
  2. booty, loot, spoils
  3. prey
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bytte

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse býta and Middle Low German buten.

Verb

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bytte (imperative bytt, present tense bytter, passive byttes, simple past and past participle bytta or byttet, present participle byttende)

  1. to change, exchange, swap, to transplant

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse býti and Middle Low German bute, via Norwegian Bokmål.

Noun

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bytte n (definite singular byttet, indefinite plural bytte, definite plural bytta)

  1. booty, loot, spoils
  2. prey

Derived terms

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References

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Swedish

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Adjective

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bytte

  1. definite natural masculine singular of bytt

Verb

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bytte

  1. past indicative of byta

See also

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Anagrams

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