Nu

Borrowed from Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”).

Nu

1. (Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.

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Nu

1. one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China.

Abbreviations.

Nu

1. Abbreviation of Numbers (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible).
2. Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut

• 'un, -un-, U.N., UN, Un, un, un-

Substantivisation of nu (“now”), alternative form of nun (“now”).

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• Rhymes: -uː

Nu n or m (indeclinable)

1. only used in im Nu (“immediately, in no time”, literally “in the now”)

The masculine gender is more recent. The noun has traditionally been used with the neuter gender.

• “Nu” in Duden online
• “Nu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache