Not

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See also: not, NOT, nót, nôt, nốt, nőt, not., and Appendix:Variations of "not"

English

Nut

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Not

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Alternative spelling of Nut.

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German nōt, from Old High German nōt, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi.

Cognates

Cognate with Low German Noot, Dutch nood, English need, Danish nød, Icelandic nauð.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /noːt/
  • Rhymes: -oːt
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Noun

Not f (genitive Not, plural Nöte)

  1. need, imminence
    zur Not. ― if necessary.
  2. necessity, poverty
  3. emergency, crisis

Declension

Declension of Not
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Not die Nöte
genitive einer der Not der Nöte
dative einer der Not den Nöten
accusative eine die Not die Nöte

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Not” in Duden online
  • “Not” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German nōte, from Medieval Latin nota.

Pronunciation

Noun

Not f (plural Note)

  1. note

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