detta

From Old Norse detta (“to fall down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhen- 'to beat, push'. Compare Albanian gdhend (“to carve, chisel”).

detta (third person singular past indicative datt, third person plural past indicative duttu, supine dottið)

1. to fall

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛhta/
• Rhymes: -ɛhta

detta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative datt, third-person plural past indicative duttu, supine dottið)

1. to fall

• (fall): falla

• Rhymes: -etta

detta f

1. Feminine of detto

detta f sg

1. Only used in the adverb a detta di.

detta

1. feminine singular of detto
2. third-person singular present indicative of dettare
3. second-person singular imperative of dettare

• dette

From Old Norse detta.

• IPA^(key): /²dɛtːɑ/

detta (present tense dett, past tense datt, past participle dotte, passive infinitive dettast, present participle dettande, imperative dett)

1. fall

   Ho datt på isen.

   She fell on the ice.

• falla

• “detta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Probably from Proto-Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to push, bash in, beat down”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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

• dyntr
• dyttr

• detta in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛˌtːa/

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detta

1. neuter singular of denna

   Synonym: det här

detta

1. neuter singular of denna

   Synonym: det här