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
	present	past
first singular	detti	datt
second singular	dettur	datst
third singular	dettur	datt
plural	detta	duttu
participle (a34)1	dettandi	dottin
	imperative
singular	dett!
plural	dettið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse detta.

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	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	dett	datt		detti	dytti
	þú	dettur	dast		dettir	dyttir
	hann, hún, það	dettur	datt		detti	dytti
plural	við	dettum	duttum		dettum	dyttum
	þið	dettið	duttuð		dettið	dyttuð
	þeir, þær, þau	detta	duttu		detti	dyttu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	dett (þú), dettu
plural	þið	dettið (þið), dettiði1

¹ 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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdet.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: dét‧ta

Adjective

detta f

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

Participle

detta f sg

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdet.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: dét‧ta

Noun

detta f sg

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛt.ta/, (traditional) /ˈdet.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛtta, (traditional) -etta
• Hyphenation: dèt‧ta, (traditional) dét‧ta

Verb

detta

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

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, Tarjei Vesaas, Fuglane [The Birds], page 16:

     Eg visste ikkje detta eg, sa han.

     "I didn't know this" he said.

References

• “detta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

   Synonyms: falla, velta

   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

Conjugation

Conjugation of detta — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	detta
present participle	dettandi
past participle	dottinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	dett	datt		detta	dytta
2nd person singular	dettr	dazt		dettir	dyttir
3rd person singular	dettr	datt		detti	dytti
1st person plural	dettum	duttum		dettim	dyttim
2nd person plural	dettið	duttuð		dettið	dyttið
3rd person plural	detta	duttu		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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	dettumk	duttumk		dettumk	dyttumk
2nd person singular	dezk	dazk		dettisk	dyttisk
3rd person singular	dezk	dazk		dettisk	dyttisk
1st person plural	dettumsk	duttumsk		dettimsk	dyttimsk
2nd person plural	dettizk	duttuzk		dettizk	dyttizk
3rd person plural	dettask	duttusk		dettisk	dyttisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	dezk
1st person plural	dettumsk
2nd person plural	dettizk

Related terms

• dyntr
• dyttr

Descendants

• Icelandic: detta
• Faroese: detta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: detta, dette
• Norwegian Bokmål: dette

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “detta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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