Nutella

See also: nutella

English

Etymology

Made-up marketing name from nut +‎ Italian -ella (diminutive suffix). Coined in the early 1960s by Michele Ferrero, the son of Pietro Ferrero (the inventor of the product's forerunner, Supercrema).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːˈtɛlə/, /nʌˈtɛlə/

Proper noun

Nutella

1. A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.

Translations

hazelnut spread

• Arabic: نُوتِيلَا‎ f (nutīlā)
• Armenian: Նուտելա (Nutela)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 能多益 (Néngduōyì)

• Danish: nutella c
• Dutch: choco (nl) c
• Finnish: Nutella
• Georgian: ნუტელა (nuṭela)
• German: Nutella (de) f or n or m
• Greek: Νουτέλλα f (Noutélla)
• Hebrew: נוטלה‎
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: Nutella

• Italian: Nutella f
• Japanese: ヌテラ (Nutera)
• Korean: 누텔라 (Nutella)
• Marathi: न्यूटेला (nyūṭelā)
• Persian: نوتلا‎ (nûtelâ)
• Portuguese: nutella (pt) f
• Russian: Нуте́лла f (Nutélla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нутела

  Roman: Nutela

• Spanish: nutella f, nocilla f (Spain), crema de cacao f, crema al cacao f
• Thai: นูเทลลา
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Nutella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.tɛ.la/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Nutella m

1. Nutella

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

Nutella f or n or m (genitive Nutella or Nutellas, no plural)

1. (uncountable) Any type of chocolate sandwich spread, especially Nutella.
2. (countable) A container of chocolate sandwich spread.

   Gibst du mir mal die Nutella?

   Can you give me the Nutella?

Usage notes

• Nutella is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix. The masculine gender is rare and only used in some regions.

Declension

Declension of Nutella (uncountable)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nutella
genitive	eines	des	Nutellas
dative	einem	dem	Nutella
accusative	einen	den	Nutella

Declension of Nutella (uncountable)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Nutella
genitive	eines	des	Nutellas
dative	einem	dem	Nutella
accusative	ein	das	Nutella

Declension of Nutella (uncountable)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nutella
genitive	einer	der	Nutella
dative	einer	der	Nutella
accusative	eine	die	Nutella

Quotations

• feminine:
  • 2008, Kirsten Reko, Single und fabelhaft!, page 89-90:

    Entschlossen griff ich mir einen Teelöffel, öffnete beherzt den Deckel der Nutella und strich einen extra großen Batzen heraus.

  • 2010, Nina Bihr, Das Vaterschaftsjahr, page 34:

    Die Sache mit der Nutella

• neuter:
  • 2010, Maren Plugowsky-Schmidt, Dörthe Langecker, Das Apfelbuch für den Guten Zweck, page 78:

    Das Nutella muss noch weich sein.

• masculine:
  • 2008, Troels Ravn Klausen, ...und zwar VERDIENT!, page 4-5:

    Auch unsere Reise im Oktober 2008 nach Malta ist durch Neckermann gebucht, der Nutella im Schrank ist bei euch gekauft [...].

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Italian

Etymology

From English nut +‎ -ella

Proper noun

Nutella f

1. Nutella (a sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk)

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Portuguese

Adjective

Nutella (invariable, comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of nutella