dochter

See also: Dochter

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔx.tər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: doch‧ter

Noun

dochter f (plural dochters, diminutive dochtertje n)

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

Derived terms

• burgerdochter
• dochterbedrijf
• dochteronderneming
• dochterschap
• dochtertaal
• kleindochter
• lievelingsdochter

Descendants

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

See also

• zoon

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

dochter f

1. daughter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

dochter

1. (Early Scots) alternative form of doghter

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dohter.

Noun

dochter f

1. daughter

Inflection

Declension of dochter (feminine r-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	dochter	dochter, dochtera
accusative	dochter	dochter, dochtera
genitive	dochter, dochtere	dochtera
dative	dochter, dochtere	dochtrum, dochtrem, dochterum, dochterem

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: doochter

  Sylt: Daachter

• Saterland Frisian: Dochter
• West Frisian: dochter, doaiter

Scots

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots dochter, from Early Scots dochter, from Old English dohtor, from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoxtər/, /ˈdɔxtər/
• (Orkney) IPA^(key): [ˈdɑːxtər], [ˈdʌu(x)tər]
• (Shetland) IPA^(key): [ˈdʌuxtər]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔːxt̪ər]
• (some Northern Scots speakers) IPA^(key): [ˈdoθər], [ˈdɔθər] (corresponding to the form dother)

Noun

dochter (plural dochters)

1. daughter

References

• “dochter, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], 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[illiam] Grant and D[avid] 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

West Frisian

Alternative forms

• doaiter

Etymology

From Old Frisian dochter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔxtər/

Noun

dochter c (plural dochters, diminutive dochterke)

1. daughter

   Coordinate term: soan

Further reading

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