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Afrikaans
Noun
otte
- plural of ot
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, cognate with Swedish åtta, Norwegian Bokmål åtte, English eight, German acht. The Germanic numeral goes back to from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw, which is also the source of Latin octo, Ancient Greek ὀκτὠ (oktō).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɔːtə/,
Numeral
otte
- eight
References
Etymology 2
From Old Norse ótta, from Proto-Germanic *unhtwǭ, cognate with Norwegian otte (“dawn”), German Uchte (“midnight or morning mass”) (Westphalia), Dutch ochtend (“morning”), Gothic 𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉 (uhtwō, “dwan”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɔtə/,
Noun
otte c (singular definite otten, not used in plural form)
- (obsolete) early morning
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ótta.
Noun
otte f or m (definite singular otta or otten, indefinite plural otter, definite plural ottene)
- dawn, early morning
Etymology 2
From Old Norse ótti.
Noun
otte m (definite singular otten, uncountable)
- fear, worry
References
- “otte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ótta.
Noun
otte f (definite singular otta, uncountable)
- dawn, early morning
Etymology 2
From Old Norse ótti.
Noun
otte m (definite singular otten, uncountable)
- fear, worry
References
- “otte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Zaghawa
Pronunciation
Numeral
otte
- eight
References