datter

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdadɐ/, [ˈd̥æɾɐ], [ˈtæɾɒ̽]
• Rhymes: -atʌ

Noun

datter c (singular definite datteren, plural indefinite døtre)

1. daughter

Declension

Declension of datter

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	datter	datteren	døtre	døtrene
genitive	datters	datterens	døtres	døtrenes

Further reading

• “datter” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle Dutch

Contraction

datter

1. Contraction of dat dāer.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”). Cognate with Danish datter, Swedish dotter, Icelandic dóttir, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar), German Tochter, Dutch dochter, and English daughter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɑtːəɾ/

Noun

datter m or f (definite singular dattera or datteren, indefinite plural døtre or døtrer, definite plural døtrene)

1. a daughter

   Hvor gammel er dattera di nå?

   How old is your daughter now?

Derived terms

• brordatter
• datterbedrift
• datterdatter
• datterselskap
• datterspråk
• dattersønn
• evadatter
• guddatter
• fosterdatter
• stedatter
• svigerdatter
• sønnedatter
• søsterdatter
• tenåringsdatter
• værdatter

 

Related terms

• far, pappa
• mor, mamma
• bror, søster, søsken
• sønn

See also

• dotter (Nynorsk)

References

• “datter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 100