vetter

See also: Vetter

English

Etymology

From vet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

vetter (plural vetters)

  1. Agent noun of vet: one who vets.
    • 2007 April 10, “Who Killed Ashraf Marwan?”, in The New York Times, retrieved 18 September 2015:
      Mr. Marwan, the excited vetters discovered, was married to a daughter of Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser."

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old West Norse vetr, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (winter). Akin to English winter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛtːər/, /ˈʋɛtːr̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtːər, -ɛtːr̩

Noun

vetter m (definite singular vetteren, indefinite plural vetrar, definite plural vetrane)

  1. winter

Declension

Declension of vetter (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative vetter vetteren vetrar vetrane
compound-genitive vetters-, vetre-

Derived terms

  • snøvetter
  • vetterføre
  • vetterkulde
  • vetterleg
  • vetternatt
  • vetterpels
  • vettersport
  • vettertid
  • vettertøy

References

Swedish

Verb

vetter

  1. present indicative of vetta