datter
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
datter c (singular definite datteren, plural indefinite døtre)
Declension edit
Declension of datter
Further reading edit
- “datter” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle Dutch edit
Contraction edit
datter
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”). Cognate with Danish datter, Swedish dotter, Icelandic dóttir, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar), German Tochter, Dutch dochter, and English daughter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
datter m or f (definite singular dattera or datteren, indefinite plural døtre or døtrer, definite plural døtrene)
- a daughter
- Hvor gammel er dattera di nå?
- How old is your daughter now?
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
- dotter (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “datter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 100