vette

See also: Vette and věťte

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtə/

• Audio:

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Adjective

vette

1. inflection of vet:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Estonian

Noun

vette

1. illative singular of vesi

Hungarian

Etymology

vesz +‎ -te

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛtːɛ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vet‧te

Verb

vette

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of vesz

   Ki vette? ― Who bought it?

Italian

Noun

vette f

1. plural of vetta

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

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Verb

vette

1. inflection of veaddit:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

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vette

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse vettr, vættr f, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz. Akin to English wight.

Noun

vette n (definite singular vettet, indefinite plural vette, definite plural vetta)

1. (folklore) a wight

Derived terms

• godvette
• haugvette
• uvette
• vassvette
• vettenyre
• årevette

References

• “vette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish viti. Cognate of Icelandic viti (“sign”).

Noun

vette c

1. a model duck decoy

   Synonym: lockfågel

Declension

Declension of vette

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vette	vettes
	definite	vetten	vettens
plural	indefinite	vettar	vettars
	definite	vettarna	vettarnas

Verb

vette

1. past indicative of vetta

See also

• det vete fan

Further reading

• vette in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• vette in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)