Noun: datter
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | datter |
| Pl. | døtre; døtrer |
Definite
| Sg. | dattera; datteren |
| Pl. | døtrene |
Sample Sentences
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Hvor gammel er dattera di nå? (How old is your daughter now?)
Nouns inflected like datter
datter,
Etymology
Inherited 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. See: Old Norse Nouns '
dóttir', Old Norse Nouns '
dóttir', Danish Nouns '
datter', Swedish Nouns '
dotter', Icelandic Nouns '
dóttir', Gothic Nouns '
𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂', German Nouns '
Tochter', Dutch Nouns '
dochter', English Nouns '
daughter'.
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