etter

From Old Dutch *ēttar, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą. Cognate with English atter, German Eiter.

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etter c (plural etters, diminutive ettertje n)

1. pus
2. (figuratively) A rotten, nasty person

• (pus) wondvocht n
• (rotten person) rotzak m

• etterbuil m
• etteren
• etterig

etter

1. first-person singular present indicative of etteren
2. imperative of etteren

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• teert

From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Germanic *aftiri, *after, from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”).

etter

1. after

From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Germanic *aftiri, *after, from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”).

• IPA^(key): /²ɛtːɛr/

etter

1. after

   Eg kjem på besøk etter middag.

   I will come visit you after dinner.

2. behind

   Han dreg ei vogn etter seg.

   He is pulling a cart behind him.

• “etter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse eitr, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyd-, *h₂eyd-.

etter

1. poisonous liquid from a plant or an animal, poison