nett (not comparable)
This spelling is more dated (i.e., has been out of use for longer) in the United States than in Commonwealth countries.
nett (plural netts)
From Lower Rhenish Late Middle High German nett, from Middle Dutch net (“neat, decent, pretty”), from Old French net (“neat, decent”), from Latin nitidus. Cognate with German nett.
nett (comparative netter, superlative nettischt)
| Declension of nett | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| Weak inflection | nominative/accusative | netti | netti | netti | nette |
| dative | nette | nette | nette | nette | |
| Strong inflection | nominative/accusative | nette | netti | netts | netti |
| dative | nette | nette | nette | nette | |
From Middle Dutch net (“neat, decent, pretty”), from Old French net (“neat, decent”), from Latin nitidus. Compare English neat.
nett (strong nominative masculine singular netter, comparative netter, superlative am nettesten)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist nett | sie ist nett | es ist nett | sie sind nett | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | netter | nette | nettes | nette |
| genitive | netten | netter | netten | netter | |
| dative | nettem | netter | nettem | netten | |
| accusative | netten | nette | nettes | nette | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der nette | die nette | das nette | die netten |
| genitive | des netten | der netten | des netten | der netten | |
| dative | dem netten | der netten | dem netten | den netten | |
| accusative | den netten | die nette | das nette | die netten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein netter | eine nette | ein nettes | (keine) netten |
| genitive | eines netten | einer netten | eines netten | (keiner) netten | |
| dative | einem netten | einer netten | einem netten | (keinen) netten | |
| accusative | einen netten | eine nette | ein nettes | (keine) netten | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist netter | sie ist netter | es ist netter | sie sind netter | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | netterer | nettere | netteres | nettere |
| genitive | netteren | netterer | netteren | netterer | |
| dative | netterem | netterer | netterem | netteren | |
| accusative | netteren | nettere | netteres | nettere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der nettere | die nettere | das nettere | die netteren |
| genitive | des netteren | der netteren | des netteren | der netteren | |
| dative | dem netteren | der netteren | dem netteren | den netteren | |
| accusative | den netteren | die nettere | das nettere | die netteren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein netterer | eine nettere | ein netteres | (keine) netteren |
| genitive | eines netteren | einer netteren | eines netteren | (keiner) netteren | |
| dative | einem netteren | einer netteren | einem netteren | (keinen) netteren | |
| accusative | einen netteren | eine nettere | ein netteres | (keine) netteren | |
Akin to Italian netto, from Latin nitidus.
nett
From Old Norse net; compare with German Netz.
nett n (definite singular nettet, indefinite plural nett, definite plural netta or nettene)
From Old Norse net; compare with German Netz.
nett n (definite singular nettet, indefinite plural nett, definite plural netta)
From Proto-West Germanic *nati.
Cognate with Old Frisian net, Old Saxon netti and fisknet, Old High German nezzi, Old Norse net, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati). Perhaps related to Albanian neth (“sprout, bud”) and Russian нить (nitʹ, “thread”).
nett n