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German
Etymology
See nutzen.
Pronunciation
Verb
nützen (weak, third-person singular present nützt, past tense nützte, past participle genützt, auxiliary haben)
- Alternative form of nutzen
Usage notes
- There is a general tendency to use nützen instead of nutzen in the southern half of the language area. In Austria, nützen is even the predominant standard form, while thereof derived benützen is not current north of Austria, Switzerland and Southern Germany.
- In northern and central German, nützen is used alongside nutzen for the sense “to be useful; to benefit”, but almost never for the sense “to make use of”.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
nützen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
nützen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “nützen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “nützen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “nützen” in Duden online
- “nützen” in OpenThesaurus.de