et

Norwegian

/ɛt/, /eːt/

article
Definitions
  • a, an (the two English language indefinite articles; Old English had three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter like modern Bokmål and Nynorsk)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse eitt.

Origin

Old Norse

eitt

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

  • ein German
  • en Norwegian Bokmål
  • enhver Norwegian Bokmål
  • ett Norwegian Bokmål
  • hver Norwegian Bokmål
  • hvert Norwegian Bokmål
  • ett Swedish
  • eit Norwegian Nynorsk
  • eitt Norwegian Nynorsk
  • eitt Old Norse
  • iett Elfdalian