drott
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the name of the Drott Manufacturing Company, founded by Edward Drott in 1916.
Noun[edit]
drott (plural drotts)
- An earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.
- 1969, Nan Bowie, Mick Bowie: the Hermitage Years (page 158)
- The drivers of bulldozers, drotts, and other types of mechanical shovels worked long hours in appalling weather.
- 1969, Nan Bowie, Mick Bowie: the Hermitage Years (page 158)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
drott m (definite singular drotten, indefinite plural drotter, definite plural drottene)
References[edit]
- “drott” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
drott m (definite singular drotten, indefinite plural drottar, definite plural drottane)
References[edit]
- “drott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish drotin (with -in interpreted as the definite article), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz. Related to dryg (lasting, heavy).
Noun[edit]
drott c
Declension[edit]
Declension of drott | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | drott | drotten | drotter | drotterna |
Genitive | drotts | drottens | drotters | drotternas |
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with archaic senses
- Swedish terms derived from the PIE root *dʰrewgʰ- (serve)
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
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