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Nut

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nut"

English

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Alternative forms

  • Not, Nunut, Nenet, Nuit

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian nwt (“Nut, sky”).

Proper noun

Nut

  1. (Egyptian mythology) The goddess who serves as the personification of the sky.

Anagrams

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German nōt, from Old High German nōt, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi.

Noun

Nut f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) need, imminence
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) necessity, poverty
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) emergency, crisis

Derived terms

References

  • Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 185
  • 1992 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Wie dr Schnoobl gewaschen is, P. 30
  • 1993 Hans Becher: "Das Lied vom Vugelbeerbaam und sein Dichter der Forstmeister August Max Schreyer." P. 23
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German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German nuot, from Old High German nuot (“groove”), from the root of Proto-Germanic *hnōjaną (“to smooth, join together”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂- (compare Ancient Greek κνάω (knáō, “to scratch, scrape”), whence English acnestis).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Nut f (genitive Nut, plural Nuten)

  1. groove, slit, slot; rabbet
    Synonym: Schlitz
  2. kerf
    Synonyms: Einschnitt, Kerbe, Schnittfuge, Fuge
Declension
Declension of Nut [feminine]
More information singular, plural ...

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Nut f

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Nut

See also

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Nut.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nut f (indeclinable)

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Nut (ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe)

Further reading

  • Nut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Nut in PWN's encyclopedia
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