Etter

See also: etter

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Etter

1. A female given name

Anagrams

• Teter, teret

German

Etymology

From Middle High German eter (“fence”), from Old High German etar (“fence, border”), from Proto-Germanic *edaraz (“fence, enclosure”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *edh-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtɐ/, [ˈɛtʰɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Etter m (strong, genitive Etters, plural Etter)

1. fence
2. (Southern Germany, archaic) the surrounding border of a village
3. boundary or border of an area or location
4. the central area of a locality

Declension

Declension of Etter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Etter	die	Etter
genitive	eines	des	Etters	der	Etter
dative	einem	dem	Etter	den	Ettern
accusative	einen	den	Etter	die	Etter

Further reading

• “Etter” in Duden online