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English
Pronoun
noot
- (Geordie) nothing
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Etymology
From Dutch noot, from Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota.
Pronunciation
Noun
noot (plural note, diminutive nootjie)
- A musical note.
- A note, a reference.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch nōte, from Old Dutch *nutu, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.
Noun
noot f (plural noten, diminutive nootje n)
- nut
- (vulgar, chiefly plural) testicle, nut
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Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota.
Noun
noot f (plural noten, diminutive nootje n)
- note (musical note)
- note (brief remark)
- note (a commentary or reference appended to a text)
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Etymology 3
From Proto-Germanic *nautą (“foredeal, profit, property, livestock”).
Noun
noot n (uncountable)
- (archaic) cattle, livestock
- (archaic) cow, neat
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Middle English
Verb
noot
- Contraction of ne woot.
Descendants
Scots
Pronoun
noot
- nothing
Usage notes
A hypercorrection of nowt, used generally by the younger generation.
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