See also: dettà

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse detta (to fall down), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (to beat, push). Compare Albanian gdhend (to carve, chisel).

Verb edit

detta (third person singular past indicative datt, third person plural past indicative duttu, supine dottið)

  1. to fall

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of detta (group v-49pp)
infinitive detta
supine dottið
participle (a34)1 dettandi dottin
present past
first singular detti datt
second singular dettur datst
third singular dettur datt
plural detta duttu
imperative
singular dett!
plural dettið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

detta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative datt, third-person plural past indicative duttu, supine dottið)

  1. to fall
    Synonym: falla

Conjugation edit

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: dét‧ta

Adjective edit

detta f

  1. feminine singular of detto (known, aforementioned)

Participle edit

detta f sg

  1. feminine singular of detto ((having) said)

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: dét‧ta

Noun edit

detta f sg

  1. Only used in a detta di (according to)

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛt.ta/, (traditional) /ˈdet.ta/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtta, (traditional) -etta
  • Hyphenation: dèt‧ta, (traditional) dét‧ta

Verb edit

detta

  1. inflection of dettare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References edit

  1. ^ detta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse detta.

Alternative forms edit

  • dette (e- and split infinitives)

Verb edit

detta (present tense dett, past tense datt, past participle dotte, passive infinitive dettast, present participle dettande, imperative dett)

  1. (intransitive) to fall
    Synonym: falla
    Ho datt på isen.
    She fell on the ice.

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse þetta.

Determiner edit

detta n

  1. (dialectal) neuter of denna
    • 1957, Tarjei Vesaas, Fuglane [The Birds], page 16:
      Eg visste ikkje detta eg, sa han.
      "I didn't know this" he said.

References edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Germanic *duntijaną, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (to push, bash in, beat down).

Verb edit

detta (singular past indicative datt, plural past indicative duttu, past participle dottinn)

  1. (intransitive) to drop, fall
    Synonyms: falla, velta
    detta niðr dauðrto drop dead
    duttu þær ofanthey tumbled down
    spjót dettr ór hendi emthe spear drops out of one's hand
    dauðinn dettr ádeath comes suddenly

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: detta
  • Faroese: detta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: detta, dette
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dette

References edit

  • detta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛˌtːa/
  • (file)

Determiner edit

detta

  1. neuter singular of denna
    Synonym: det här

Pronoun edit

detta

  1. neuter singular of denna
    Synonym: det här