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Etymology

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From Middle High German nœtic, nœtec, nōtic, nōtec, nōdic, from Old High German nōtag (forced, urgent, needy), from Proto-West Germanic *naudag (obligatory, needful), from Proto-Germanic *naudagaz, equivalent to Not +‎ -ig. Cognate with German Low German nödig, English needy, Swedish nödig.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnøːtɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈnøːtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: nö‧tig

Adjective

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nötig (strong nominative masculine singular nötiger, comparative nötiger, superlative am nötigsten)

  1. necessary
    Synonym: notwendig

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Adverb

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nötig

  1. urgently

Further reading

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  • nötig” in Duden online
  • nötig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

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Etymology

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nöt (nut) +‎ -ig

Adjective

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nötig (comparative nötigare, superlative nötigast)

  1. (scents, flavours) nutty (resembling or characteristic of nuts)

Declension

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Inflection of nötig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular nötig nötigare nötigast
Neuter singular nötigt nötigare nötigast
Plural nötiga nötigare nötigast
Masculine plural3 nötige nötigare nötigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 nötige nötigare nötigaste
All nötiga nötigare nötigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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