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===Noun===
===Noun===
#winter ''m.'' (u-stem, ''accusitive'' '''winter''', ''plural'' '''wintraiw''')
'''winter''' ''m.'' (u-stem, ''accusitive'' '''winter''', ''plural'' '''wintraiw''')
#winter


==Skundavisk==
==Skundavisk==

Revision as of 08:52, 9 December 2024

Old Ponish

Etymology

From Proto-West-Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz

Pronunciation


Noun

winter (plural winter, accusitive winter, genitive wintra)

  1. winter

Ponish

Etymology

From Old Ponish winter, from Proto-West-Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz

Pronunciation

Noun

winter m. (u-stem, accusitive winter, plural wintraiw)

  1. winter

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk vinter, from Old Skundavisk vintar, from Halmisk ᚹᛁᚾᛏᚨᚱ (wintar), ᚹᛁᚾᛏᚢᚱ (wintur), from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Pronunciation

Noun

winter m. (class 1 or 3a, genitive winters, plural wintere or winters)

  1. winter
    Wi hadden een kåld winter.
    We had a cold winter.

Usage notes

The plural form winters arose by analogy with other words ending in -er (including summer). It's now the most common form though wintere may still be encountered in formal speech.

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