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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch duit, a historic coin of minor value. Cognate to Danish døjt.
Pronunciation
Noun
Deut m (strong, genitive Deuts, plural Deuts or Deut)
- (historical) doit (small Dutch coin of minor value)
- (by extension, in adverbial constructions, chiefly in the negative) a bit, a little
Er ist genau so faul und keinen Deut besser als sein Bruder.- He is just as lazy and not even a bit better than his brother.
2021 October 17, Patrick Heidmann, “Miniserie „The North Water“: Dreck, Dunkelheit und Testosteron”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:„The North Water“, produziert von der BBC und dem US-Sender AMC, nimmt sich nun ähnlicher Themen an – und ist keinen Deut weniger rau, erbarmungslos und grausam.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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