Noun: jætte
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | jætte |
| Sg. definite | jætten |
| Pl. indefinite | jætter |
| Pl. definite | jætterne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | jættes |
| Sg. definite | jættens |
| Pl. indefinite | jætters |
| Pl. definite | jætternes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like jætte
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Danish iæthtæ, arisen by rebracketing from iætæn (with the ending -n interpreted as a suffixed definite article), from Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. See: Old Norse Nouns '
jǫtunn'.
Verbs referencing "jætte"
Old English Nouns
eoten, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
jette, Icelandic Nouns
jötunn, English Nouns
ettin, Old Norse Nouns
iætti.
Translations