nytte

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nøtə/, [ˈnød̥ə]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish nyt, nøt, nyttæ, from Old Norse nyt, from Proto-Germanic *nutjō, cognate with Swedish nytta, German Nutzen. Derived from the verb *neutaną (Danish nyde).

Noun

nytte c (singular definite nytten, not used in plural form)

  1. usefulness, utility
Declension
Declension of nytte
common
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative nytte nytten
genitive nyttes nyttens
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

From Old Danish nytt(i)æ, from Old Norse nytja, from Proto-Germanic *nutjōną, cognate with Swedish nyttja, German nutzen, nützen. Derived from the noun *nutjō, see above.

Verb

nytte (past tense nyttede, past participle nyttet)

  1. to be of use
Conjugation
Conjugation of nytte
active passive
present nytter
past nyttede
infinitive nytte
imperative nyt
participle
present nyttende
past nyttet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund nytten
Derived terms

References

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnytːe/, [ˈnyt̪ːe̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈnytːeˣ/, [ˈnyt̪ːe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ytːe
  • Syllabification(key): nyt‧te
  • Hyphenation(key): nyt‧te

Adverb

nytte (not comparable)

  1. alternative form of nytten (now)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Compare with Old Norse nýta and Low German nutten

Verb

nytte (imperative nytt, present tense nytter, passive nyttes, simple past and past participle nytta or nyttet, present participle nyttende)

  1. to use

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare with Old Norse nýta and Low German nutten

Verb

nytte (present tense nyttar, past tense nytta, past participle nytta, passive infinitive nyttast, present participle nyttande, imperative nytte/nytt)

  1. to use

Derived terms

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnyt.te/

Adjective

nytte

  1. inflection of nytt:
    1. strong accusative feminine singular
    2. strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
    3. strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
    4. weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
    5. weak accusative neuter singular

Noun

nytte

  1. inflection of nytt:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative singular/plural
    3. genitive/dative singular