dott

See also: Dott, Dott., dott., and dött

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dott m (definite singular dotten, indefinite plural dotter, definite plural dottene)

1. a small ball of light, fluffy material

   Jeg har en lodott i navlen min.

   I have a ball of fluff in my navel.

2. a nobody, a foolish, inconsequential person

   Hvordan har den dotten fått den jobben?

   How did that nobody land that job?

References

• “dott” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dottr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔtː/

Noun

dott m (definite singular dotten, indefinite plural dottar, definite plural dottane)

1. a small ball of light, fluffy material

   Eg har ein lodott i navlen min.

   I have a ball of fluff in my navel.

2. a nobody, a foolish, inconsequential person

   Korleis har den dotten fått den jobben?

   How did that nobody land that job?

3. a small group
   • 1894, Per Sivle, Svolder:

     […] sviakonungen, danadrotten, og Eirik jarl var au i dotten.

     […] The Swedish king, the lord of the Danes, and Earl Erik was also in the group.

References

• “dott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dott, from Proto-Germanic *duttaz (“wisp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dotː/
• Rhymes: -otː

Noun

dott m

1. dot, speck, spot

Descendants

• English: dot

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “dott”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.