datter

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdadɐ/, [ˈd̥æɾɐ], [ˈtæɾɒ̽]
• Rhymes: -atʌ

Noun

datter c (singular definite datteren, plural indefinite døtre)

1. daughter

   Antonym: søn

Declension

Declension of datter

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	datter	datteren	døtre	døtrene
genitive	datters	datterens	døtres	døtrenes

Further reading

• “datter” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle Dutch

Contraction

datter

1. contraction of dat +‎ dāer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”). Cognate with Danish datter, Swedish dotter, Icelandic dóttir, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar), German Tochter, Dutch dochter, and English daughter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɑtːəɾ/

Noun

datter m or f (definite singular dattera or datteren, indefinite plural døtre or døtrer, definite plural døtrene)

1. daughter

   Antonym: sønn

   Hvor gammel er dattera di nå?

   How old is your daughter now?

Coordinate terms

• bror
• far
• mamma
• mor
• pappa
• sønn
• søsken
• søster

Derived terms

• brordatter
• datterbedrift
• datterdatter
• datterselskap
• datterspråk
• dattersønn
• evadatter
• fosterdatter
• guddatter
• stedatter
• svigerdatter
• sønnedatter
• søsterdatter
• tenåringsdatter
• værdatter

See also

• dotter (Nynorsk)

References

• “datter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• Falk, Hjalmar; Torp, Alf (1903–06), Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 100