nöt

See also: noet, and Appendix:Variations of "not"

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

• nî
• nît

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nœt/

Adverb

nöt

1. not
   • 1912, Dialect Notes, volume 3, page 477:

     äk wêt nöt

     I do not know

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nøːt/

• Audio:

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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

1. nut, a hard-shelled seed

   knäcka en nöt

   crack a nut

2. a difficult problem (hard to crack, like a nut)

Declension

Declension of nöt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nöt	nöts
	definite	nöten	nötens
plural	indefinite	nötter	nötters
	definite	nötterna	nötternas

Derived terms

• cashewnöt
• hasselnöt
• jordnöt
• kokosnöt
• muskotnöt
• nötaktig
• nötbrun
• nötchoklad
• nöthår
• nötknäckare
• nötknäppare
• nötkråka
• nötkärna
• nötskal
• nötskrika
• nötväcka
• pekannöt
• pinjenöt
• pistaschnöt
• sjönöt
• valnöt

 

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

1. cattle, especially in compounds such as nötkreatur (“cattlebeast”, cf. English neatbeast), or nötkött (“beef”)
2. (archaic) bull
3. (derogatory) a stupid or slow person

Declension

Declension of nöt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nöt	nöts
	definite	nötet	nötets
plural	indefinite	nöt	nöts
	definite	nöten	nötens

Related terms

• nötboskap
• nötdjur
• nötfärs
• nötkreatur
• nötkött
• nötlever
• nötstek
• ärkenöt

 

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nöt

1. imperative of nöta

References

• nöt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nöt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nöt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German nāt, from Proto-Germanic *nēdiz.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

nöt f (plural nöta)

1. seam