detta

From Old Norse detta (“to fall down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Compare Albanian gdhend (“to carve, chisel”).

detta (third person singular past indicative datt, third person plural past indicative duttu, supine dottið)

1. to fall

From Old Norse detta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛhta/
• Rhymes: -ɛhta

detta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative datt, third-person plural past indicative duttu, supine dottið)

1. to fall

   Synonym: falla

• IPA^(key): /ˈdet.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: dét‧ta

detta

1. feminine singular of detto

detta

2. feminine singular of detto

• IPA^(key): /ˈdet.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: dét‧ta

detta f (uncountable)

1. only used in a detta di (“according to”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛt.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtta
  • Hyphenation: dèt‧ta
• IPA^(key): (traditional) /ˈdet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: dét‧ta

detta

1. inflection of dettare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /²dɛtːɑ/

Inherited from Old Norse detta. First attested by Christen Jensøn in 1646.

• dette (e- and split infinitives)

detta (present tense dett, past tense datt, past participle dotte, passive infinitive dettast, present participle dettande, imperative dett)

1. (intransitive) to fall

   Synonym: falla

   Ho datt på isen.

   She fell on the ice.

From Old Norse þetta.

detta n

1. (dialectal) neuter of denna
   • 1957, Tarjei Vesaas, Fuglane , page 16:

     Eg visste ikkje detta eg, sa han.

     "I didn't know this" he said.

• “detta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Probably from Proto-Germanic *duntijaną, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to push, bash in, beat down”).

detta (singular past indicative datt, plural past indicative duttu, past participle dottinn)

1. (intransitive) to drop, fall

   Synonyms: falla, velta

   detta niðr dauðr ― to drop dead

   duttu þær ofan ― they tumbled down

   spjót dettr ór hendi em ― the spear drops out of one's hand

   dauðinn dettr á ― death comes suddenly

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “detta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛˌtːa/

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detta

1. neuter singular of denna

   Synonym: det här

detta

1. neuter singular of denna

   Synonym: det här