ostara

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Austrā, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ.

Noun

ōstara f

1. Easter, festival celebrated at the spring equinox

Inflection

Declension of ōstara (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ōstara	ōstara, ōstaron
accusative	ōstara, ōstaron	ōstara, ōstaron
genitive	ōstaron	ōstarono
dative	ōstaron	ōstaron

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ôosteren

Further reading

• “ōstara”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012