English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Netz.

Proper noun edit

Netz (plural Netzes)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics edit

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Netz is the 38265th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 579 individuals. Netz is most common among White (93.96%) individuals.

Further reading edit

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German netze, from Old High German nezzi, from Proto-West Germanic *nati.

Akin to Dutch net, Low German Nett, English net, Danish net, Swedish nät.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /nɛt͡s/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Netz n (strong, genitive Netzes, plural Netze)

  1. net; web; mesh (construction of interwoven fibres, e.g. that of a fisher, a spider, etc.)
  2. (general, also telecommunications) network; grid (a system, often interconnected, that covers a certain area)
    Synonym: Netzwerk
  3. (informal, telecommunications) signal (connection to a network)
    Synonym: Verbindung
  4. (informal, with definite article) the internet
    Synonym: Internet

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Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Netz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Netz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Netz” in Duden online
  •   Netz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Netz n (plural Netz, diminutive Netzje)

  1. net

Further reading edit

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German netze, from Old High German nezzi. Cognate with German Netz, Dutch net, English net, Icelandic net.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Netz n (plural Netzer)

  1. net