dotter

See also: Dotter and døtter

English

Etymology

dot +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Homophone: daughter (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
• Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

Noun

dotter (plural dotters)

1. An instrument for drawing dots.
   • 1869, Cameron Knight, The Mechanician and Constructor for Engineers:

     Both edges of the crosshead are thus marked, the short centre lines being easily scratched with a scriber as soon as the arcs are made with a calliper, in fact, a mere dot with a dotter is sufficient.

   • 2011, Jane Symington, Karen Peppercorn, At Your Fingertips - The Nail Technician's Companion, page 289:

     These have a long fine brush and a dotter in the lid of the brush for making small dots of the paint on the nail.

Derived terms

• i-dotter

Anagrams

• detort, rotted

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).

Noun

dotter f (definite singular dottera, indefinite plural døtrer, definite plural døtrene)

1. daughter

Derived terms

• stedotter
• stykdotter

References

• “dotter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dōttir, from Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

dotter c

1. a daughter

   Antonym: son

   • 1971, Contact (lyrics and music), “Fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter [The lighthouse keeper's daughter]”, in Utmarker [Outfields]:

     Hon föddes i kostern på väg in mot land, liten och tunn i bränningens kittel. Stormarna hälsade henne till livet, men moderns själ bar de till himlen. Och klockorna sjöng i Dyrö församling. De ringde för fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter.

     She was born in the koster [type of wide sailboat] on the way to [on the way in toward] land, small and thin in the cauldron of the surf. The storms greeted her to life, but her mother's soul they bore to heaven. And the bells sang in Dyrö parish. They were ringing for the lighthouse keeper's daughter.

Declension

Declension of dotter
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dotter	dottern	döttrar	döttrarna
Genitive	dotters	dotterns	döttrars	döttrarnas

Related terms

• barn
• brorsdotter
• dotterbarn
• dotterbolag
• dotterdotter
• dotterföretag
• dotterlig
• dotterson
• dotterspråk
• dottersvulst
• dottertumör
• kusindotter
• sondotter
• styvdotter
• svärdotter
• systerdotter

 

References

• dotter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dotter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)