anekdote

Borrowed from French anecdote, from Latin anecdota, plural of anecdotum, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.nɛkˈdoː.tə/

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• Hyphenation: anek‧do‧te
• Rhymes: -oːtə

anekdote f (plural anekdotes or anekdoten, diminutive anekdootje n)

1. anecdote

• anekdotiek
• anekdotisch

• → Indonesian: anekdot

Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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anekdote f (5th declension)

1. anecdote

From Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos), via French anecdote.

anekdote m (definite singular anekdoten, indefinite plural anekdoter, definite plural anekdotene)

1. an anecdote

• “anekdote” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos), via French anecdote.

anekdote m (definite singular anekdoten, indefinite plural anekdotar, definite plural anekdotane)

1. an anecdote

• “anekdote” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.