# das Butterbrot

das Butterbrot is a German noun meaning “sandwich”. Forms: des Butterbrotes, die Butterbrote.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Butterbrotes
- Plural: die Butterbrote

## In other languages

- Русский: бутерброд, хлеб с маслом

## Meanings

1. A slice of bread topped with butter and often other toppings; an open sandwich
2. A sandwich (brought along to eat at school, at work, on a trip, etc.)
3. sandwich; bread and butter; buttershag
   - Vergiss dein Butterbrot nicht, wenn du zur Schule gehst.

## Examples

- Ein Sandwich nennen wir bei uns Butterbrot. — We call a sandwich "Butterbrot."
- Wie viele Kalorien hat dieses Butterbrot? — How many calories are there in that sandwich?
- Tom hat sein Butterbrot auf die Erde fallenlassen. — Tom dropped his sandwich on the ground.
- Das ist nicht dein Butterbrot. — That isn't your sandwich.
- Tom machte sich ein Butterbrot. — Tom made himself a sandwich.

---
Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Butterbrot