drot – Danish noun declension

Danish noun forms of drot

Noun: drot
Gender: Common Hyphenation:

Nominative

Sg. indefinitedrot
Sg. definitedrotten
Pl. indefinitedrotter
Pl. definitedrotterne

Genitive

Sg. indefinitedrots
Sg. definitedrottens
Pl. indefinitedrotters
Pl. definitedrotternes

Sample Sentences

Etymology

From Old Danish drotten (later misinterpreted as the definite singular form), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, lord”), cognate with Old English dryhten, Old High German truhtin. Derived from the noun *druhtiz (“troop”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'dróttinn', Old English Nouns 'dryhten'.

Verbs referencing "drot"

Danish Nouns dronning, English Nouns drighten.

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