vetter

See also: Vetter

English

Etymology

vet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/
Rhymes: -ɛtə, -ɛtə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: vet‧ter

Noun

vetter (plural vetters)

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

trevet

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

vinter
vetr, vetre, vet’e, vet, væt, vedr, vøtur (dialectal)

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)

winter

Declension

Declension of vetter (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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

Related terms

References

“vetter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

vetter

present indicative of vetta

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