drott

See also: drótt

English

Etymology

From the name of the Drott Manufacturing Company, founded by Edward Drott in 1916.

Noun

drott (plural drotts)

  1. An earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.
    • 1969, Nan Bowie, Mick Bowie: the Hermitage Years (page 158)
      The drivers of bulldozers, drotts, and other types of mechanical shovels worked long hours in appalling weather.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dróttinn

Noun

drott m (definite singular drotten, indefinite plural drotter, definite plural drottene)

  1. (archaic) lord

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dróttinn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drɔtː/

Noun

drott m (definite singular drotten, indefinite plural drottar, definite plural drottane)

  1. (archaic) lord

References

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish drotin (with -in interpreted as the definite article), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz. Related to dryg (lasting, heavy).

Noun

drott c

  1. (archaic) king, ruler
  2. (archaic) lord; nobility just below the king

Declension

Declension of drott 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative drott drotten drotter drotterna
Genitive drotts drottens drotters drotternas
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