dochter

From Middle Dutch dochter, from Old Dutch dohter, from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔx.tər/

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• Hyphenation: doch‧ter

dochter f (plural dochters, diminutive dochtertje n)

1. daughter (female offspring)
2. (figurative) offshoot, something derivative or subordinate

• dochterbedrijf
• dochteronderneming
• dochterschap
• dochtertaal
• kleindochter

• Afrikaans: dogter
• Jersey Dutch: doxter
• Negerhollands: dochter, dogter
• Petjo: dohter

• zoon

From Old Dutch dohter, from Proto-West Germanic *dohter.

dochter f

1. daughter

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: dochter
  • Afrikaans: dogter
  • Jersey Dutch: doxter
  • Negerhollands: dochter, dogter
  • Petjo: dohter
• Limburgish: dóchter

• “dochter”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dochter”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Proto-West Germanic *dohter.

dochter f

1. daughter

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: doochter

  Sylt: Daachter

• Saterland Frisian: Dochter
• West Frisian: dochter

• daiter (rare, Orkney)
• daowter, dowter
• dather (obsolete)
• dauchter, dother, douchter

Inherited from Middle English doughter, from Old English dohtor, from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoxtər/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key):

dochter (plural dochters)

1. daughter

• “dochter, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “dochter, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
• Graham, John J (1979) “dochter”, in The Shetland Dictionary‎, Lerwick: Shetland Times Ltd, →ISBN, retrieved 23 May 2024

• doaiter

From Old Frisian dochter.

• IPA^(key): /dɔxtər/

dochter c (plural dochters, diminutive dochterke)

1. daughter

   Coordinate term: soan

• “dochter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011