Noun

dott m (definite singular dotten, indefinite plural dotter, definite plural dottene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#DOTTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#DOTTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#DOTTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#DOTTCategory:Pages with entries#DOTTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DOTT

1. a small ball of light, fluffy material

   Jeg har en lodott i navlen min.

   I have a ball of fluff in my navel.

   Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#DOTT

2. a nobody, a foolish, inconsequential person

   Hvordan har den dotten fått den jobben?

   How did that nobody land that job?

   Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#DOTT

References

• “dott” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#DOTT dottr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔtː/Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#DOTT

Noun

dott m (definite singular dotten, indefinite plural dottar, definite plural dottane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#DOTTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#DOTTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#DOTTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#DOTTCategory:Pages with entries#DOTTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DOTT

1. a small ball of light, fluffy material

   Eg har ein lodott i navlen min.

   I have a ball of fluff in my navel.

   Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples#DOTT

2. a nobody, a foolish, inconsequential person

   Korleis har den dotten fått den jobben?

   How did that nobody land that job?

   Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples#DOTT

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.

     Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations#DOTT

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References

• “dott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#DOTTCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#DOTT *dott, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#DOTTCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DOTT *duttaz (“wisp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dott/, [dot]Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#DOTT
• Rhymes: -ottCategory:Rhymes:Old English/ott#DOTTCategory:Rhymes:Old English/ott/1 syllable#DOTT

Noun

dott mCategory:Old English lemmas#DOTTCategory:Old English nouns#DOTTCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#DOTTCategory:Old English masculine nouns#DOTTCategory:Pages with entries#DOTTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DOTT

1. dot, speck, spot

References

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