drot

See also: drót, drôt, and Drot

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish drotten (later misinterpreted as the definite singular form), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, lord”), cognate with Old English dryhten, Old High German truhtin. Derived from the noun *druhtiz (“troop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɔt/, [ˈd̥ʁʌd̥]

Noun

drot c (singular definite drotten, plural indefinite drotter)

1. (archaic) king

Inflection

Declension of drot

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drot	drotten	drotter	drotterne
genitive	drots	drottens	drotters	drotternes

References

• “drot” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʀoːt/

Verb

drot

1. inflection of droen:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• drod

Etymology

From Hungarian drót.

Noun

drot n (plural droturi)

1. wire

Declension

Declension of drot

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) drot	drotul	(niște) droturi	droturile
genitive/dative	(unui) drot	drotului	(unor) droturi	droturilor
vocative	drotule		droturilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Draht.

Noun

drot m (Cyrillic spelling дрот)

1. wire
2. (colloquial) a cop (police officer)

Related terms

• murjak, žica