detta
See also: dettà
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse detta (“to fall down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhen- 'to beat, push'. Compare Albanian gdhend (“to carve, chisel”).
Verb
detta (third person singular past indicative datt, third person plural past indicative duttu, supine dottið)
- to fall
Conjugation
Conjugation of detta
| v-49pp | ||||
| infinitive | detta | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | dettandi | |||
| past participle a34 | dottin | |||
| supine | dottið | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | detti | dettur | dettur | detta |
| past | datt | datst | datt | duttu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | dett! | — | dettið! |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛhta/
- Rhymes: -ɛhta
Verb
detta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative datt, third-person plural past indicative duttu, supine dottið)
- to fall
Conjugation
detta — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) | að detta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) | dottið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) | dettandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) | subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) | ég dett | við dettum | present (nútíð) | ég detti | við dettum |
| þú dettur | þið dettið | þú dettir | þið dettið | ||
| hann, hún, það dettur | þeir, þær, þau detta | hann, hún, það detti | þeir, þær, þau detti | ||
| past (þátíð) | ég datt | við duttum | past (þátíð) | ég dytti | við dyttum |
| þú dast | þið duttuð | þú dyttir | þið dyttuð | ||
| hann, hún, það datt | þeir, þær, þau duttu | hann, hún, það dytti | þeir, þær, þau dyttu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) | dett (þú) | dettið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| dettu | dettiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
dottinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) | singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) | dottinn | dottin | dottið | dottnir | dottnar | dottin | |
| accusative (þolfall) | dottinn | dottna | dottið | dottna | dottnar | dottin | |
| dative (þágufall) | dottnum | dottinni | dottnu | dottnum | dottnum | dottnum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) | dottins | dottinnar | dottins | dottinna | dottinna | dottinna | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) | singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) | dottni | dottna | dottna | dottnu | dottnu | dottnu | |
| accusative (þolfall) | dottna | dottnu | dottna | dottnu | dottnu | dottnu | |
| dative (þágufall) | dottna | dottnu | dottna | dottnu | dottnu | dottnu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) | dottna | dottnu | dottna | dottnu | dottnu | dottnu | |
Synonyms
- (fall): falla
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -etta
Adjective
detta f
- Feminine of detto
Noun
detta f sg
- Only used in the adverb a detta di.
Participle
detta
- feminine singular of detto
- third-person singular present indicative of dettare
- second-person singular imperative of dettare
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- dette
Etymology
From Old Norse detta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²dɛtːɑ/
Verb
detta (present tense dett, past tense datt, past participle dotte, passive infinitive dettast, present participle dettande, imperative dett)
- fall
- Ho datt på isen.
- She fell on the ice.
- Ho datt på isen.
Synonyms
- falla
References
- “detta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to push, bash in, beat down”).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb
detta (singular past indicative datt, plural past indicative duttu, past participle dottinn)
- (intransitive) to drop, fall
- Synonyms: falla, velta
- detta niðr dauðr
- to drop dead
- duttu þær ofan
- they tumbled down
- spjót dettr ór hendi em
- the spear drops out of one's hand
- dauðinn dettr á
- death comes suddenly
Conjugation
Conjugation of detta — active (strong class 3)
| infinitive | detta | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | dettandi | |
| past participle | dottinn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | dett | datt |
| 2nd-person singular | dettr | dazt |
| 3rd-person singular | dettr | datt |
| 1st-person plural | dettum | duttum |
| 2nd-person plural | dettið | duttuð |
| 3rd-person plural | detta | duttu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | detta | dytta |
| 2nd-person singular | dettir | dyttir |
| 3rd-person singular | detti | dytti |
| 1st-person plural | dettim | dyttim |
| 2nd-person plural | dettið | dyttið |
| 3rd-person plural | detti | dytti |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | dett | |
| 1st-person plural | dettum | |
| 2nd-person plural | dettið | |
Conjugation of detta — mediopassive (strong class 3)
| infinitive | dettask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | dettandisk | |
| past participle | dottizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | dettumk | duttumk |
| 2nd-person singular | dezk | dazk |
| 3rd-person singular | dezk | dazk |
| 1st-person plural | dettumsk | duttumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | dettizk | duttuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | dettask | duttusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | dettumk | dyttumk |
| 2nd-person singular | dettisk | dyttisk |
| 3rd-person singular | dettisk | dyttisk |
| 1st-person plural | dettimsk | dyttimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | dettizk | dyttizk |
| 3rd-person plural | dettisk | dyttisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | dezk | |
| 1st-person plural | dettumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | dettizk | |
Descendants
- Icelandic: detta
- Faroese: detta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: detta, dette
- Norwegian Bokmål: dette
Related terms
- dyntr
- dyttr
References
- detta in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛˌtːa/
Audio (file)
Determiner
detta
- neuter singular of denna
- Synonym: det här
Pronoun
detta
- neuter singular of denna
- Synonym: det här