etter

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tər/

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• Hyphenation: et‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛtər

From Middle Dutch etter, from Old Dutch *ēttar, from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą. Cognate with English atter, German Eiter.

etter m or n (uncountable)

1. pus

• pus
• wondvocht

• etterbuil
• etteren
• etterig

• → Papiamentu: èter, etter

• zweer

Borrowed from French être (“creature”), with folk-etymological influence from etter (etymology 1).

etter m (plural etters, diminutive ettertje n)

1. A nasty person, a prat.

• etterbak
• etterbuil
• rotzak

• etterbak
• etterbuil

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

etter

1. first-person singular present indicative of etteren
2. imperative of etteren

• teert

From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Germanic *aftiri, *after, from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”).

etter

1. after

• ette, itte (attæ, ette, etter, etti, ettæ, ettår, ittòr, itte, ætte, ætter, ætti)

From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Germanic *aftiri, *after, from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”). Akin to English after.

• IPA^(key): /²ɛtːɛr/

etter

1. (temporal) after

   Eg kjem på besøk etter middag.

   I will come visit after dinner.

2. behind

   Han dreg ei vogn etter seg.

   He's pulling a cart behind him.

3. along

• Governs the dative in dialects which still use the dative case, except in a temporal. The use of dative is now long considered nonstandard except in a couple of fixed expressions. The conjunction etter di is an example of that.
• An apocopic form may be used preceding certain personal pronouns in many dialects.

etter

1. after
2. left
3. again
4. later, afterwards
5. used with a verb, indicating a movement towards or to something

   Synonym: hen

   kor skal du etter?

   where are you going?

• “etter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “etter”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, volume 2, Oslo: Samlaget, 1978, pages 814-824
• “etter” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

From Old Norse eitr, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyd-, *h₂eyd-.

etter

1. poisonous liquid from a plant or an animal, poison