rotte
Afrikaans
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German rotte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rattaz.
Inflection
Declension of rotte
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rotte | rotten | rotter | rotterne |
genitive | rottes | rottens | rotters | rotternes |
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrot.te/
- Rhymes: -otte
- Hyphenation: rót‧te
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German rotte.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²rɔt.tə/
Noun
rotte f (definite singular rotta, indefinite plural rotter, definite plural rottene)
- a rat, a rodent of the genus Rattus
- 1890, Garborg, Arne, “Soveraader”, in Kolbotnbrev, Bergen: Litleré, page 60:
- Det er Laasen, han lirkar med, ein-tvo-tri, han skjer, han sagar, ein-tvo-tri, gneg som ei Rotte, ein-tvo-tri […]
- He is jiggling the lock, one-two-three, he cuts, he saws, one-two-three, gnaws like a rat, one-two-three […]
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Derived terms
- beverrotte
- bisamrotte
- brunrotte
- fjellrotte
- hotellrotte
- jordrotte
- kengururotte
- kloakkrotte
- kontorrotte
- kyrkjerotte
- moskusrotte
- rottebol
- rottefelle
- rottegift
- rottehòl
- rottereir
- rotteres
- rotterumpe
- svartrotte
- ta rotta på
- ullrotte
- vassrotte
- ørkenrotte
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German Rotte (“band”).
Verb
rotte (present tense rottar, past tense rotta, past participle rotta, passive infinitive rottast, present participle rottande, imperative rotte/rott)
- (reflexive) Used in the phrase rotte seg saman.
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Confer with rode (“a type of military formation”).
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