Sæter

See also: sæter

Norwegian Bokmål

Sæter in the Nordstrand borough of Oslo, Norway.

Alternative forms

• Sæther

Etymology

A common name for a farm in Norway, from Old Norse setr (“seat, mountain pastures”), related to sitja (“to sit”), from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti (“to be sitting”), from *sed- (“to sit”) + *-yeti (“creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.”). Doublet of Sæter and seter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæːtər/, /ˈseːtər/

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• Rhymes: -ər
• Hyphenation: Sæ‧ter
• Homophones: Sæther, sæter, Seter, seter, Säter

Proper noun

Sæter

1. a surname of Norwegian origin

Statistics

• According to SSB (Statistics Norway), there are 1 028 people with the last name Sæter in Norway.

Proper noun

Sæter

1. Sæter (a place in Aukra municipality in Norway)
2. Sæter (an area in the Nordstrand borough of Oslo in Norway)
3. Sæter (a village in Tjeldsund municipality in Norway)

References

• “Sæter” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• tæres