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Jersey Dutch
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adverb
nöt
- not
1912, Dialect Notes, volume 3, page 477:
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish nut, not, from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. The irregular stem vowel change in modern Swedish was due to influence from the plural form.
Noun
nöt c
- nut, a hard-shelled seed
- a difficult problem (hard to crack, like a nut)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish nø̄t, from Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą, from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of”).
Noun
nöt n
- cattle, especially in compounds such as nötkreatur (“cattlebeast”, cf. English neatbeast), or nötkött (“beef”)
- (archaic) bull
- (derogatory) a stupid or slow person
Declension
Related terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
nöt
- imperative of nöta
References
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German nāt, from Proto-Germanic *nēdiz.
Pronunciation
Noun
nöt f (plural nöta)
- seam