Noun: dotter
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | dotter |
| Sg. Def. | dottern |
| Pl. Indef. | döttrar |
| Pl. Def. | döttrarna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | dotters |
| Sg. Def. | dotterns |
| Pl. Indef. | döttrars |
| Pl. Def. | döttrarnas |
Sample Sentences
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Hon föddes i kostern på väg in mot land, liten och tunn i bränningens kittel. Stormarna hälsade henne till livet, men moderns själ bar de till himlen. Och klockorna sjöng i Dyrö församling. De ringde för fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter. (She was born in the koster [type of wide sailboat] on the way to [on the way in toward] land, small and thin in the cauldron of the surf. The storms greeted her to life, but her mother's soul they bore to heaven. And the bells sang in Dyrö parish. They were ringing for the lighthouse keeper's daughter.) [1971, Contact, “Fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter [The lighthouse keeper's daughter]”, in Utmarker [Outfields]:]
Nouns inflected like dotter
dotter,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
4. Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr
5. Proto-Germanic *duhtēr
6. Proto-Norse *ᛞᛟᚺᛏᛖᚱ (*dohter /dohtēr/)
7. Old Norse dóttir
8. Old Swedish dōttir
9. Swedish dotter
10. Inherited from Old Swedish dōttir, from Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse *ᛞᛟᚺᛏᛖᚱ (*dohter /dohtēr/), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr, possibly from *dʰewgʰ- + *-tḗr.
Verbs referencing "dotter"
Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
datter, German Nouns
Tochter.
Translations