Nut
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Nut Nut
English
Alternative forms
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
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).
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Pronunciation
Noun
Nut f (genitive Nut, plural Nuten)
- groove, slit, slot; rabbet
- Synonym: Schlitz
- kerf
- Synonyms: Einschnitt, Kerbe, Schnittfuge, Fuge
Declension
Declension of Nut
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Nut f
See also
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin Nut.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nut f (indeclinable)
- (Egyptian mythology) Nut (ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe)