drot

See also: drót, drôt, and Drot

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish drotten (later misinterpreted as the definite singular form), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, lord”), cognate with Old English dryhten, Old High German truhtin. Derived from the noun *druhtiz (“troop”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /drɔt/, [ˈd̥ʁʌd̥]

Noun

drot c (singular definite drotten, plural indefinite drotter)

  1. (archaic) king

Declension
Declension of drot
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drot drotten drotter drotterne
genitive drots drottens drotters drotternes

References

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʀoːt/

Verb

drot

  1. inflection of droen:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • drod

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian drót.

Noun

drot n (plural droturi)

  1. wire

Declension
Declension of drot
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) drot drotul (niște) droturi droturile
genitive/dative (unui) drot drotului (unor) droturi droturilor
vocative drotule droturilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Draht.

Noun

drot m (Cyrillic spelling дрот)

  1. wire
  2. (colloquial) a cop (police officer)
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