otte

See also: -otte

Afrikaans

Noun

otte

1. plural of ot

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Danish

Danish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : otte     Ordinal : ottende

Etymology 1

From Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, cognate with Swedish åtta, Norwegian Bokmål åtte, English eight, German acht. The Germanic numeral goes back to from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw, which is also the source of Latin octo, Ancient Greek ὀκτὠ (oktō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔːtə/, [ˈɔːd̥ə]

Numeral

otte

1. eight

References

• “otte” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “otte,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ótta, from Proto-Germanic *unhtwǭ, cognate with Norwegian otte (“dawn”), German Uchte (“midnight or morning mass”) (Westphalia), Dutch ochtend (“morning”), Gothic 𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉 (uhtwō, “dwan”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔtə/, [ˈʌd̥ə]

Noun

otte c (singular definite otten, not used in plural form)

1. (obsolete) early morning
   • 1882, Danmarks Folkeviser i Udvalg, ed. Svend Grundtvig, p. 177 / https://kalliope.org/da/text/folke2001042101:

     Hr. Oluf rider om Otte, | men lysen Dag ham totte.

     Sir Oluf rides at dawn, but it seemed bright day to him.

Derived terms

• ottesang

References

• “Otte,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʊtːə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ótta.

Noun

otte f or m (definite singular otta or otten, indefinite plural otter, definite plural ottene)

1. dawn, early morning

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ótti.

Noun

otte m (definite singular otten, uncountable)

1. fear, worry

References

• “otte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʊtːə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ótta.

Noun

otte f (definite singular otta, uncountable)

1. dawn, early morning

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ótti.

Noun

otte m (definite singular otten, uncountable)

1. fear, worry

References

• “otte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.