dotter

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See also: Dotter and døtter

English

Etymology

From dot +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

dotter (plural dotters)

  1. An instrument for drawing dots.
    • 1869, Cameron Knight, The Mechanician and Constructor for Engineers:
      Both edges of the crosshead are thus marked, the short centre lines being easily scratched with a scriber as soon as the arcs are made with a calliper, in fact, a mere dot with a dotter is sufficient.
    • 2011, Jane Symington, Karen Peppercorn, At Your Fingertips - The Nail Technician's Companion, page 289:
      These have a long fine brush and a dotter in the lid of the brush for making small dots of the paint on the nail.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, daughters), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (daughter).

Noun

dotter f (definite singular dottera, indefinite plural døtrer, definite plural døtrene)

  1. daughter
    Antonym: son

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Swedish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish dōttir, from Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, daughters), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (daughter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²dɔtɛr/,
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Noun

dotter c

  1. a daughter
    Antonym: son
    • 1971, Contact, “Fyrvaktarns dotter ”, in Utmarker:
      Hon föddes i kostern på väg in mot land, liten och tunn i bränningens kittel. Stormarna hälsade henne till livet, men moderns själ bar de till himlen. Och klockorna sjöng i Dyrö församling. De ringde för fyrvaktarns dotter.
      She was born in the koster on the way to land, small and thin in the cauldron of the surf. The storms greeted her to life, but her mother's soul they bore to heaven. And the bells sang in Dyrö parish. They were ringing for the lighthouse keeper's daughter.

Declension

Declension of dotter
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dotter dotters
definite dottern dotterns
plural indefinite döttrar döttrars
definite döttrarna döttrarnas

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