witter

See also: Witter

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪt.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English witter, witer, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitr (“wise, knowing”), from Proto-Germanic *witraz (“knowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.

Adjective

witter (comparative more witter, superlative most witter)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) knowing, certain, sure, wis.

Etymology 2

From Middle English witteren, witeren, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitra (“to make wise, make sure”), from Proto-Germanic *witrōną (“to make wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitra (“to make wise, make certain”), Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.

Verb

witter (third-person singular simple present witters, present participle wittering, simple past and past participle wittered)

1. (intransitive) to speak at length on a trivial subject.

   She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about.

2. (intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) to make sure, inform, or declare.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪtər/

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Adjective

witter

1. (deprecated template usage) Comparative form of wit; whiter

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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse vetr, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Cognate with Swedish vinter.

Noun

witter m

1. winter

Inflection

Declension of witter

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	witter	wittern	wittrer	witträr
accusative	witter	wittern	witter	wittrą
dative	witter	wittrem	wittrum	wittrum(e)
genitive	wittres *	—	—	—

* Occurs in the phrase: i wittres (this winter)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪtɐ]

Verb

witter

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of wittern.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of wittern.

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwetər]

Noun

witter (plural witters)

1. (Southern Scots) water