Noun: vätte
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | vätte |
| Sg. Def. | vätten |
| Pl. Indef. | vättar |
| Pl. Def. | vättarna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | vättes |
| Sg. Def. | vättens |
| Pl. Indef. | vättars |
| Pl. Def. | vättarnas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like vätte
skampåle,
B-rulle,
grinolle,
sopborste,
brottsmisstanke,
dönicke,
träskalle,
hårborste,
dammsugarpåse,
myggspole,
binjure,
bitanke,
hundragubbe,
vårdkase,
flytdolme,
krigshjälte,
potatisbulle,
påskhare,
toalettborste,
pilbåge, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish vætter, vǣter, from Old Norse véttr, vétr, vættr, vætr, vítr, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz. Since Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts) and Old Saxon wiht both mean "thing", it is probable that the word was originally a euphemism. Cognate of English wight. Doublet of vittra. See: Old Norse Nouns '
véttr', Gothic Nouns '
𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃', English Nouns '
wight'.
Verbs referencing "vätte"
English Nouns
wight, Old English Nouns
wiht, German Nouns
Wicht, Danish Nouns
vætte.
Translations