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)

  1. to fall

Conjugation
Conjugation of detta (group v-49pp)
infinitive detta
supine dottið
participle (a34)1 dettandi dottin
present past
first singular detti datt
second singular dettur datst
third singular dettur datt
plural detta duttu
imperative
singular dett!
plural dettið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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)

  1. to fall
    Synonym: falla

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

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Syllabification: dét‧ta

Adjective

detta f

  1. feminine singular of detto (“known, aforementioned”)

Participle

detta f sg

  1. feminine singular of detto (“(having) said”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Syllabification: dét‧ta

Noun

detta f sg

  1. Only used in a detta di (“according to”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛt.ta/, (traditional) /ˈdet.ta/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtta, (traditional) -etta
  • Syllabification: dèt‧ta, (traditional) dét‧ta

Verb

detta

  1. inflection of dettare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References
  1. detta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²dɛtːɑ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse detta.

Alternative forms
  • dette (e- and split infinitives)

Verb

detta (present tense dett, past tense datt, past participle dotte, passive infinitive dettast, present participle dettande, imperative dett)

  1. (intransitive) to fall
    Synonym: falla
    Ho datt på isen.
    She fell on the ice.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þetta.

Determiner

detta n

  1. (dialectal) neuter of denna
    • 1957, Vesaas, Tarjei, Fuglane [The Birds], page 16:
      Eg visste ikkje detta eg, sa han.
      "I didn't know this" he said.

References

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Germanic *duntijaną, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to push, bash in, beat down”).

Verb

detta (singular past indicative datt, plural past indicative duttu, past participle dottinn)

  1. (intransitive) to drop, fall
    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
    Synonyms: falla, velta

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

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

  1. neuter singular of denna
    Synonym: det här

Pronoun

detta

  1. neuter singular of denna
    Synonym: det här
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