nett
English
editAdjective
editnett (not comparable)
- (dated) Alternative spelling of net (remaining after expenses or deductions).
- nett price; nett weight
Usage notes
editThis spelling is more dated (i.e., has been out of use for longer) in the United States than in Commonwealth countries.
Noun
editnett (plural netts)
Anagrams
editAlemannic German
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editnett (comparative netter, superlative nettischt)
Declension
editDeclension of nett | |||||
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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 |
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch net (“neat, decent, pretty”), from Old French net (“neat, decent”), from Latin nitidus. Compare English neat.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editnett (strong nominative masculine singular netter, comparative netter, superlative am nettesten)
- (of people) nice; friendly; likable
- (of people; deeds) kind; sweet; helpful
- (of things; situations) nice; okay; decent; often expressing a more reluctant praise
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editLombard
editEtymology
editAkin to Italian netto, from Latin nitidus.
Adjective
editnett
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse net; compare with German Netz.
Noun
editnett n (definite singular nettet, indefinite plural nett, definite plural netta or nettene)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “nett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse net; compare with German Netz.
Noun
editnett n (definite singular nettet, indefinite plural nett, definite plural netta)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “nett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnett n
Declension
editStrong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | nett | nett |
accusative | nett | nett |
genitive | nettes | netta |
dative | nette | nettum |
Descendants
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