fett

See also: Fett

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German vet, from Old Saxon *fētid, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid. Doublet of feist. In the colloquial sense perhaps a calque of English phat via hip-hop culture.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛt/

Adjective

fett (strong nominative masculine singular fetter, comparative fetter, superlative am fettesten)

  1. fat
    Fette Menschen sind oft ungesund.Fat people are often unhealthy.
  2. (of food) rich, containing a lot of fat
  3. (typography) bold
    In diesem Satz ist nur das Wort „fettfett geschrieben.In this sentence, only the word “bold” is written in bold.
  4. (colloquial) awesome, phat
    Das war echt fett.This was really awesome.
    Sie hat 'nen fetten Vertrag an Land gezogen.She got a very profitable contract.
  5. (Austria, colloquial) drunk
    Synonyms: besoffen, betrunken, blau, dicht

Declension

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Adjective

fett

  1. neuter singular of fet
  2. neuter singular of feit

Etymology 2

From the adjective fet.

Noun

fett n (definite singular fettet, indefinite plural fett, definite plural fetta or fettene)

  1. fat
Derived terms

See also

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feːtt/, [feːt]

Verb

fētt

  1. third-person singular present indicative of fēdan

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle Low German vet, from Old Saxon *fētid, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid. Compare German fett, Dutch vet, English fat.

Adjective

fett

  1. fat
  2. fleshy
  3. rich (of soil)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛt/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

fett

  1. indefinite neuter singular of fet

Adverb

fett

  1. adverbial form of adjective fet (fat)
  2. (slang) a positive intensifier
    Filmen är fett braThe movie is very good

Noun

fett n (usually uncountable)

  1. fat

Usage notes

  • The plural is used for different types of fat.[1]
    • For example; two packages of the same type of fat (e.g., plant-based fat) are collectively referred to as fett (singular), but if one package contains plant-based fat and another contains animal fat, the two are collectively referred to as fetter (plural).

Declension

Declension of fett
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fett fetts
definite fettet fettets
plural indefinite fetter fetters
definite fetterna fetternas

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Derived terms

References

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle Low German vet, from Old Saxon *fētid, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

fett ?

  1. fat