Mette

See also: mette

Danish

Etymology

Contraction of Merete, from Margrethe (“Margaret”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛtɘ/, [ˈmɛd̥ɘ]
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  • Homophone: mætte

Proper noun

Mette

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

  • Popular in Denmark from the 1960s to the 1980s.

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 52 922 females with the given name Mette have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Finnish

Etymology

From Danish Mette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmetːe]
  • Hyphenation: Met‧te

Proper noun

Mette

  1. A female given name, rare in Finland.

Declension

Inflection of Mette (Kotus type 8/nalle, tt-t gradation)
nominative Mette Metet
genitive Meten Mettejen
partitive Metteä Mettejä
illative Metteen Metteihin
singular plural
nominative Mette Metet
accusative nom. Mette Metet
gen. Meten
genitive Meten Mettejen
Metteinrare
partitive Metteä Mettejä
inessive Metessä Meteissä
elative Metestä Meteistä
illative Metteen Metteihin
adessive Metellä Meteillä
ablative Meteltä Meteiltä
allative Metelle Meteille
essive Mettenä Metteinä
translative Meteksi Meteiksi
instructive — Metein
abessive Metettä Meteittä
comitative — Metteineen

German

Noun

Mette f (genitive Mette, plural Metten)

  1. Matins

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian

Proper noun

Mette

  1. A female given name of Danish origin.
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