Masculine
dot
- (feminine, masculine) a tuft, a bunch, a clump
- (feminine, informal, masculine) a lot, a large amount
- (feminine, masculine) cutie, something small and adorable
- (feminine, masculine) darling, sweetie (almost always used in its diminutive form - dotje)
- (feminine, masculine) a swab
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɔt/
Etymology
In summary
A secondary form of dodde (“long, soft raceme, as of a cattail plant”), a word of uncertain but perhaps gibberish origin related to German Dutte, düttenkolb (“bulrush”), themselves linked to words like Zitze, Titte.
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