Nut
English
Alternative forms
- Not, Nunut, Nenet, Nuit
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian nwt (“Nut, sky”).
Proper noun
Nut
Anagrams
East Central German
Etymology
From Middle High German nōt, from Old High German nōt, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi.
Noun
Nut f
- (Erzgebirgisch) need, imminence
- (Erzgebirgisch) necessity, poverty
- (Erzgebirgisch) emergency, crisis
Derived terms
- nutwennig
- Galdnut
References
- Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 185
- 1992 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Wie dr Schnoobl gewaschen is, P. 30
- 1993 Hans Becher: "Das Lied vom Vugelbeerbaam und sein Dichter der Forstmeister August Max Schreyer." P. 23
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German nuot, from Old High German nuot (“groove”), from the root of Proto-Germanic *hnōjaną (“to smooth, join together”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂- (compare Ancient Greek κνάω (knáō, “to scratch, scrape”), whence English acnestis).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuːt/
Audio: (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Rhymes: -uːt
Noun
Nut f (genitive Nut, plural Nuten)
Declension
Declension of Nut [feminine]
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Nut f
See also
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin Nut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnut/
- Rhymes: -ut
- Syllabification: Nut
- Homophone: nut
Proper noun
Nut f (indeclinable)
- (Egyptian mythology) Nut (ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe)